THE country’s current account deficit more than doubled last year as merchandise imports outstripped outbound shipments, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday.
The 2017 shortfall ballooned to $2.5 billion from $1.2 billion a year earlier and was equivalent to 0.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)
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