The BSP can intervene in the foreign exchange market by selling some dollars from its reserves to ease any sharp depreciation of the peso.

With the peso trading in the 57 territory over the past weeksโ€”the weakest in 18 monthsโ€” the BSP had been actively intervening in the foreign exchange market recently, but โ€œin small amounts.โ€

The BSP maintains one of the best track records of defending the currency resolutely and has ample reserves at its disposal.