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Peso, PSEi Surge as Philippines Achieves Upper-Middle-Income Status, Boosting Investor Sentiment
The Philippine peso strengthened against the US dollar, and the stock market rallied following the World Bank's classification of the Philippines as an upper-middle-income country. This achievement of a long-standing goal has boosted expectations for increased domestic and foreign investment.
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