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	Asia Daily Briefing - The Philippines: 'fiscal nightmare' fears August 14, 2018

	ASIA INSIGHT:  Duterte's federal  Philippines dream  raises 'fiscal nightmare' fears MANILA -- President Rodrigo  Duterte's vow to reduce the Philippines' vast disparity in  per capita GDP among the  country's diverse regions by amending the constitutionand  implementing a federal  system is met with concerns  that it would lead to a swelling deficit and hyperinflation.
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