The country’s balance of payments (BOP) posted a deficit of $141 million in November but remained in surplus year to date, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday.

Central bank officials said this was due to debt servicing by the government and also portfolio investment outflows triggered by uncertainty over a US Federal Reserve rate hike.

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