The Philippine peso may touch the weaker P48.80 to a US dollar level this month on the account of international and local developments, according to bank analysts.

Union Bank of the Philippines chief economist Ruben Carlo Asuncion told The Manila Times that the local currency’s exchange rate against the greenback may move from P48.50 to P48.80 as early as this week after peaking at P48.75 in February.

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