The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) remains confident that the country’s external debt numbers and ratios are still at prudent and at comfortable levels despite more borrowings in the past seven months for the COVID-19 pandemic war chest. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E....
The central bank said it registered net foreign portfolio investment outflows of $127 million in August, an improvement compared to $453 million net outflows in July, in a COVID-19 affected fund flow environment. Total foreign portfolio funds or hot money inflows reached $667 million in August...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported the country’s balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $4.774 billion for the January to August period, lower than same time last year of $5.529 billion. For the month of August only, BOP was in excess of $657 million from $8 million in July. It is also...
The banking community reiterated Friday that as they were consulted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) before putting a limit on credit card rates and fees, they are supporting this move to “ease the burden” of cardholders amid the public health crisis. “We support this initiative by...
Not surprisingly, the results of both the central bank’s Business Expectation Survey (BES) and the Consumer Expectation Survey (CES) were not on the positive and optimistic side as the COVID-19 pandemic is still unresolved and most of the country’s economic centers still under quarantine...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) offered P390 billion term deposit facility (TDF) this week because of banks’ bigger demand and while yields were mixed, tenders breached the offer with P575.31 billion. “The TDF auction results continue to reflect ample liquidity conditions in the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is allowing trust corporations to sell and distribute unit investment trust funds (UITFs) through third parties such as individual and institutional agents. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno (FILE Bloomberg) BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said this policy...
The country’s external debt service burden was down by 17 percent end-June to $3.983 billion from $4.80 billion same time last year, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Debt service burden is principal and interest payments on both the public and private sector debts...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has absorbed P1.5 trillion of liquidity from the financial system as of end-June this year and amid the worst of the community quarantine period, according to a report. This was the total outstanding amount that was siphoned off by the BSP’s liquidity...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said the central bank’s ability to issue its own securities will improve both liquidity and inflation control, especially after infusing over P1.4 trillion of money supply in the financial system since the pandemic began. Benjamin...
Because of the pandemic and temporary suspension of some of its open market facilities, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) earned less in the second quarter, reducing its six-month net income to P13.714 billion or 54.1 percent lower than same time in 2019 of P29.883 billion. The BSP has been...
The country’s current account surplus improved to $4.4 billion in the first six months of the year, reversing the $2.6 billion deficit reported same time in 2019, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Friday. BSP Deputy Governor Francisco G. Dakila Jr. said the better-than-expected current...
