The Philippines could post a wider current account deficit this year—topping the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) target—and in 2019, an ING Bank Manila economist said.

“[S]trong domestic demand continues to worsen the trade imbalance and would likely result to a wider current account deficit,” Joey Cuyegkeng noted in a report released on Tuesday.

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