The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday it believed the worst was finally over for the Philippine economy after the country’s external accounts improved.

In a virtual briefing, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said there was a “stark difference” between the behavior of these accounts in the second quarter — the height of the strict, coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic-related lockdowns imposed — and in the third.

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