MANILA, March 20 (Reuters) - Philippine Finance
Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Monday the central bank could
decide to either hike the key interest rate by 25 basis points
or keep policy settings unchanged at its policy meeting on
Thursday amid uncertainties.
Diokno, who also sits in the central bank's policy-making
monetary board, expressed optimism that inflation will ease to
around 4% towards end of the third quarter.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales
Editing by Ed Davies)
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