THE central bank has trimmed small banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on Thursday, with monetary authorities ordering a total of 300-basis-points (bps) reduction on the liquidity-mopping tool.

“This morning, the Monetary Board decided to cut the RRR for thrift, savings, [rural], and cooperative banks,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno announced in a message to reporters.

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