The National Government (NG) incurred an outstanding total debt of P9.369 trillion as of end-September, more than 18.5 percent or P1.46 trillion from same period last year of P7.907 trillion, according to data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). Compared to end-August, the NG debt was down...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to print the first five million of the national ID cards this year, beginning in November. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno ( Bloomberg ) “Finally, it will soon to be a reality,” said BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno after...
The central bank did not change the volume of its term deposit facility (TDF) this week, still at P490 billion, while the yields for the two TDF tenors were higher on strong demand ahead of All Soul’s Day on November 2. The 28-day TDF is still absent in favor of the 28-day BSP bills which are...
The central bank’s long positions in foreign exchange (FX) swaps went up by $1.67 billion in July to August after reviving activity in the second half this year. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) FX swaps increased to $4.49 billion in August from $2.82 billion in July, and from $1 billion...
The Philippines posted a balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $6.878 billion as of end September, higher than same time last year of $5.567 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Monday. For the month of September only, the BOP surplus increased to $2.104 billion compared to the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) pandemic-related monetary financing must be something that the central bank will only consider as a last resort, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said. IMF Resident Representative to the Philippines Yongzheng Yang said this stressing that the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing to streamline the licensing and relax the independence requirements for securities custodians to increase the number of capital market players. The BSP wants to delete the term “third party” that refers to third party custodianship, and the...
The peso closed  higher  at P48.48 to the US dollar Friday   from P48.60  the previous day.  The weighted average rate appreciated  to P48.587  from P48.589. Total volume amounted to $889.6  million, according to the Bankers Association of the...
The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the National Government’s $3.919 billion foreign borrowings in July to September, up 47.69 percent from same period last year of $2.654 billion. The approved foreign borrowings in the third quarter include five project loans...
The central bank is requiring banks to submit a quarterly report on appraised commercial properties (QRACP) to be used for its price monitoring of commercial real estate. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in a new memo or Circular No. 1102, said the QRACP will be the groundwork to generate a...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not be issuing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the next three or five years, according to its highest-ranking official. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. (Bloomberg file photo) When asked if the BSP could come...
COVID-19 impact milder than expected Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said the contraction in remittances and the slowdown in foreign direct investments (FDI) is not as worse as they originally projected. “The impact of COVID-19 on the inflows of OF (overseas...
