THE peso and stock market continued to fall on Thursday ahead of the release of US inflation data that could provide cues about the likely outcome of next month's Federal Reserve policy meeting.

The currency weakened by 34 centavos to P57.36 against the dollar, while the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 13.05 points, or 0.18 percent, to end the day at 7.411.47.

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