THE country's gross international reserves (GIR) slipped to $101.3 billion in May from $101.8 billion a month earlier, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Wednesday.

The lower GIR was mainly attributed to national government payments of foreign currency debt obligations and other expenditures as well as downward adjustments in the value of the BSP's gold holdings.

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