Monetary authorities need to raise policy rates to keep the peso from falling past P52 to the dollar next year, Australia’s ANZ Research said.

A deterioration in the current account balance, ANZ said in its “Asia Economic Outlook” report released on Tuesday, is the key reason why the currency has fallen to the P51:$1 level this year.

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