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Inflation-wary traders dump peso despite likely BSP rate hike on Thursday

    The peso slid to yet another 12-year lowon Tuesdayas the market girded itself for the lingering effects of stubbornly high prices despite the central bank's vow to act aggressively against inflation when the Monetary Board meets later this week.   The local currency ended the trading session at P54.31 to a dollar which is its lowest close since November 22, 2005. The peso's last tradeon Tuesdaywas lower than the P54.23 of the previous session. It traded as low as P54.50 earlier in the day before intervention from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) moderated some of the losses, traders said.   "Please note that regulators said they are will...

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