Higher foreign direct investments (FDI) and continued central bank hawkishness could allow the peso to trade stronger by the end of the year, an ING Bank Manila economist said.

A capital-raising exercise by a San Miguel Corp. unit and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) push to address above-target inflation may benefit the currency, economist Joey Cuyegkeng said in a report.

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