00:00The Philippines dollar reserves reached 106.65 billion U.S. dollars in February,
00:05the highest in three months. This according to the Banco Central ng Pilipinas or BSP.
00:11This was a 3.3 percent increase from January and 4.6 higher than last year. The rise came
00:17from government foreign deposits, higher gold values and earnings from foreign investments.
00:22Gold reserves hit 12.5 billion U.S. dollars,
00:25whilst foreign investments reached 89.41 billion U.S. dollars.