The Philippines is beginning to shed its image as “Asia’s Stray Cat,” as it is now joining the rest of the pack of Asia’s emerging tiger economies, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said.

“This cat is beginning to let the world hear its mighty roar,” BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said in a forum titled “Bloomberg’s Quantitative Easing and Currency Volatility—What’s Next for Asean?”