SLUGGISH growth and slowing inflation could prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) benchmark rates to slip to 5.0 percent by next year, an analyst said.

"We do expect the BSP to embark on a modest easing cycle to lower the policy rate to a balanced 5 percent by 2025," Metrobank chief economist Nicholas Antonio Mapa said in a commentary.

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