The country’s balance of payments (BoP) deficit widened in April, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday, bringing the year-to-date total to a five-month high.

April’s deficit of $270 million was larger than March’s $266-million shortfall and was also a reversal from the $917-million surplus posted a year earlier.

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