MONETARY authorities will have to continue raising interest rates after inflation spiked to a higher-than-expected 8.7 percent in January, analysts said.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) policymaking Monetary Board may have to deliver another 50-basis-point (bps) increase next week instead of the 25 bps initially expected, two economists added.
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