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AMRO says impact of BSP rate adjustments are delayed, limited
Business World Philippines
|December 18, 2025
THE TRANSMISSION of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) monetary policy adjustments into the financial system remains delayed and limited, a report from the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) showed.
"Since the introduction of an interest rate corridor (IRC) in 2016, the Philippines has improved monetary policy transmission, with shortterm market rates responding more quickly to policy rate changes," AMRO Senior Economist Andrew Tsang and Associate Economist Chiang Yong "Edmond" Choo said in an analytical note released on Wednesday.
In June 2016, the central bank adopted an IRC system, which served as its framework for guiding short-term market rates towards its key interest rate or the target reverse repurchase rate. The system introduced the overnight lending facility and the overnight deposit facility.
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