THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will likely move "in lockstep" with the US Federal Reserve (Fed) with regard to cutting interest rates, a Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) economist said on Wednesday.

"With the inflation outlook better ... the BSP has room to ease policy rates. It's just a matter of when," HSBC Global Research's Aris Dacanay told reporters.

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