Optimism among Filipino households moderated in the third quarter, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday, with sentiment weighed down by factors such as price fears and the country’s peace and order situation.

Based on the BSP’s latest Consumer Expectations Survey (CES), the confidence index for the current period fell to 10.2 percent from the second quarter’s record high of 13.1 percent.

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