The Philippine central bank has decided to raise the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks by 1 percentage point to 19 percent effective April 4, reflecting a slight policy-tightening move.

At the same time, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas kept its policy rates unchanged after reducing its inflation forecast.

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