Today the Philippine central bank, as expected, left its policy rate unchanged at 4% and retained a neutral bias. Damage from recent storms has made the near term outlook more uncertain. But we still expect a strong GDP upswing which will lift inflation pressures during 2010. The Philippines is unlikely to be in the next wave to tighten policy but rates should start to move up from mid-2010.
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