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                    [Title] => Commercial bank loans up 3.8% in June
                    [Summary] => Outstanding loans of local commercial banks expanded by 3.8 percent  to P1.497 trillion as of end-June this year from P1.443 trillion last year, the  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. 


The latest growth was faster than the 1.7 percent annualized expansion recorded in May.

The BSP said the surge in commercial bank loans was fueled by lending to the manufacturing sector, trade and the financial institutions, real estate and business services sector.
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The local currency opened weak at 56.37 and by mid-trade, it was down to 56.435 to the dollar due to the combined effects of a strong dollar and worries over the unfolding political scenario. Yesterday’s closing rate was weaker than the record closing low of 56.425 last touched on March 26.
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The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index ended up 20.68 points, or 1.5 percent, at 1,432.27, its highest close since April 5, 2002, when it finished at 1,432.86.

The index rose 0.9 percent Monday and is up 5.5 percent since Oct. 28.
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The latest growth was faster than the 1.7 percent annualized expansion recorded in May.

The BSP said the surge in commercial bank loans was fueled by lending to the manufacturing sector, trade and the financial institutions, real estate and business services sector.
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The local currency opened weak at 56.37 and by mid-trade, it was down to 56.435 to the dollar due to the combined effects of a strong dollar and worries over the unfolding political scenario. Yesterday’s closing rate was weaker than the record closing low of 56.425 last touched on March 26.
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The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index ended up 20.68 points, or 1.5 percent, at 1,432.27, its highest close since April 5, 2002, when it finished at 1,432.86.

The index rose 0.9 percent Monday and is up 5.5 percent since Oct. 28.
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