🚨 PHILIPPINE PESO JUST FELL OFF A CLIFF 61.04 PER DOLLAR. ALL-TIME LOW.
That’s not a dip. That’s a panic.
Here’s why this should terrify you:
The peso is now cheaper than during the Asian Financial Crisis. Remittances from OFWs just got crushed in real terms. And imports fuel, food, rice just became exponentially more expensive.
Inflation is already sticky. This makes it explosive.
The central bank (BSP) is trapped. Raise rates to defend the peso? Kill local growth. Don’t raise? Watch capital flight accelerate.
Debt payments in dollars just skyrocketed for Philippine companies. Some will default. Quietly. Then not so quietly.
Smart money is hedging. Or leaving.
You don’t wait for the headline next time. You watch the technicals. The peso broke multi-decade support. That's not noise. That's a signal.