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Benjamin Diokno on the weak peso, slow growth and rising borrowing costs | Business 360

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With inflation still elevated, growth slowing, the peso under pressure, and borrowing costs rising, where is the Philippine economy headed?

Former Finance Secretary and Bangko Sentral Monetary Board Member Benjamin Diokno shares his outlook on inflation, monetary policy, economic growth, and the peso.

Diokno also weighs in on foreign investment flows, rising bond yields, government revenues, debt sustainability, the ProGRESS bill, and the proposed ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget.

Tune in for his take on the challenges facing the economy and what policymakers can do next.

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20 Comments

@flickeykrunchofficialYT 1 month ago

Ofw talaga ang bumubuhat ngayon sa bansa

@YOUTHFULandLIFE 1 month ago (edited)

Mula 12 trilyon ay mga 7 trilyon DINAGDAG sa loob pa lang ng 4 years ngayon.. 7÷12 = mga half/50% increased💔.. Natalo pa mga 6 Trilyon noon for 6 years na may PANDEMIC🤔.. 2yrs pa?

@JJX-p6c 1 month ago

Imagine this, the debt to GDP ratio is so because corruption eats billions of dollars from the budget. This is a sick festering disease in the Philippines. It eats away from growth.

@Cel-d1y 1 month ago

Diokno federation is waiting sir

@Noone-u7x 1 month ago

Meaning they couldn’t tame the depreciation of peso relative to the dollar

@alexischiong1981 1 month ago

This Government is the most corrupt!!!!

@vergiepequero5164 1 month ago (edited)

Corruption that's why no investor

@baconkulit1513 4 weeks ago (edited)

What's good news about 6.1 percent inflation? that's very high... global avergae is 3 % 5 years ago was under 2%... 2nd wala naman fiscal plan ang gobeyerno kundi puro utang lang kasi wala revenue or kulang ang tax revenue.. Yung korapsyon walang tigil.. it's nothing to smile or laugh about... ang daming nag sa suffer na kababayan..

@HaoWeiZhang-c1u 3 weeks ago

The peso is weak and inflation is dropping, it's a tricky mix. If we want a truly stronger peso, the answer isn't just the BSP stepping in. We need more exports, more real investment and not just speculative money = more tourism and BPO jobs, less reliance on imported oil, and better farming and manufacturing. In other words more dollars coming in, fewer going out. A strong peso shouldn't be forced. It should come naturally from a stronger, more productive economy.

@poloywayayo 1 month ago

Bagong Pilipinas! 😵

@jgo8717 1 month ago (edited)

BSP won't increase interest rate because of high gov't debt which gives less incentive to save pesos and more incentive to buy dollars thus the depreciation of peso.

@vergiepequero5164 1 month ago

More. Malita to keep the money

@dennis.teevee 1 month ago

not too many talented pipol en da pilipins

@sulittipid9945 1 month ago

Barangay corrupt, trapik enforcer corrupt, costum corrupt, bir corrupt, congress corrupt, senate corrupt, media corrupt, presidente corrupt.... lahat corrupt mula baba hanggang taas corrupt ano pa aasahan mo.... wala na lubog na lubog na... kawawa mga working class biktima

@asyongmatipid2 3 weeks ago (edited)

He forgot another major reason other the Iran War on why the Peso is strong;

Foreign direct investment flows into the United States grew 54 percent to reach $92 billion in the first quarter of 2026. This was the second-best quarter over the past three years. Reinvested earnings continued to serve as the primary driver of FDIUS at 68 percent in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, equity flows surged 82 percent from the fourth quarter of 2025, totaling $28 billion. The annual totals of FDIUS were all revised downward since 2022. Foreign direct investment in the United States in 2025 was revised from $288 billion to $259 billion.

ASEAN FDIs in Q2 2026;

Singapore $45.8 Billion
Thailand $40.5 Billion
Vietnam $38.06 Billion
Philippines $1.87 Billion
Malaysia $1.8 Billion

@eduardosalenga8171 1 month ago

Contnues corruption $70

@giovaniyugo82 1 month ago

This guy literally is the one making this country still surviving. The BSP policy is saving again the country from bad fiscal decision but its nearing its tipping point like during the time when Marcos Sr borrowed more than the country can chew and allegedly corrupted majority of it. When Cory took over the Central Bank is already bankrupt. If this system we have right now still perpetuates we are looking at a 40 years reset of the Philippine Economy. I really would like to know this guys brutal and blunt opinion on ralf rectos performance as finance secretary with the weakest and slowest economy since the 90s.

@allanyao418 1 month ago

BSP forecasting sucks

@sassol380 1 month ago

TARANTADO! PATULOY PAGTAAS NG BILIHIN! MALILIBOG SA PERA NA MGA NEGOSYANTENG PILIPINO MGA OPORTUNISTANG DAGDAG PATRAYDOR NA NANGGIGIPIT!

@merlie1254 1 month ago

My goodness! This is the guy I have been hoping the visionary leader of the Philippines. He sees the real problems of the country. He’s right the president should had done the things that were needed the first two years of his presidency but didn’t do it. He was actually absent and the First Lady and Romualdes were in-charged of what wa sharpening while PBBM was supposedly high on something until the death of one of the entourage of the First Lady in LA that overdosed in drugs. Then things changed after that . That was the wake-up call that he finally stopped the craziness and started doing what he was supposed to be doing in the first place. It’s not too late but I hope someway somehow, Mr. Diokno can be one of the advisors of the President.