The government rejected bids for its long-term debt paper as investors sought a higher yield amid lingering inflation concerns and expectations the US Federal Reserve will soon hike interest rates. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said the government could afford to reject high bids because...
Benchmark interest rates moved sideways on Monday, Oct. 18, as yields for the three-month and one-year IOUs resumed their increase, while the six-month paper marginally dropped. The 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went up to 1.113 percent from 1.095 percent a week...
The benchmark interest rate on debt falling due in five-years rose at Tuesday's auction of the government IOUs at the Bureau of the Treasury. Investors were willing to buy as much as P56.083 billion of the five-year Treasury bonds, nearly double the government's offer of P35 billion. The rate of...
Investors pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans following the US Federal Reserve’s pronouncement that it will likely begin reducing its monthly bond purchases. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills, Oct. 11, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which...
Short-term benchmark interest rates slightly rose as investors anticipated inflation last month moved at a much faster pace than the government’s target. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Monday, Oct. 4, the bellwether 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans,...
Small investors who were looking for a low-risk, accessible and higher-yielding investment swamped the government’s first onshore issue of retail dollar bonds, the Bureau of the Treasury announced. Based on a report submitted by National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon to Finance Secretary Carlos G....
Benchmark interest rates resumed their slide as the local debt market remains very liquid despite concerns on inflation, the Bureau of the Treasury said. At Monday's auction, Sept. 27, the 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went down to 1.060 percent from 1.070...
The Bureau of the Treasury will team up with the country’s leading banks to let small investors buy at easy terms retail dollar bonds (RDBs) that the government is planning to issue this year to fulfill part of its domestic financing requirements. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said several...
The Bureau of the Treasury is planning to sell the Philippine government’s first retail dollar-denominated bond (RDB) targeted mainly at overseas Filipino investors. During a virtual briefing on Thursday, July 15, National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon said the government is firming up the details...
The Duterte administration has completed its third foreign commercial borrowing this year. Screen Shot 2021-06-29 at 9.59.33 AM The national governm Screen Shot 2021-06-29 at 9.59.33 AM ent has raised $3 billion, equivalent to P146 billion, from a dual tranche offering of 10.5-year and 25-year...
The Duterte Administration has raised P463.3 billion from the latest offering of retail bonds targeted at local small investors, the Bureau of the Treasury announced on Thursday, March 4. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said that P411.8 billion of the total proceeds will be used for the...
