Benchmark interest rates increased across the board at Monday's auction amid recent cautious signals from the US Federal Reserve, reducing the odds of a rate cut. The Bureau of the Treasury accepted the programmed P15 billion worth of bids. Investors were willing to buy more, as tenders reached...
Short-term benchmark interest rates dipped amid less hawkish signals of policy rate cuts. At the Bureau of the Treasury's auction on Monday, May 20, the national government successfully raised P15 billion through the sale of 91-, 182-, and 364-day IOUs after investors sought lower returns for...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Members of the House of Representatives are seeking stronger collaboration with their colleagues in the Senate on the priority bills of...
The government successfully raised funds through the sale of short-term debt papers due to lower interest rates following mostly softer gross domestic product growth and inflation rate. The national government on Monday, May 13, made a full award of all its short-term debt papers even after...
Benchmark interest rates returned their slide after the recent downward correction in US Treasury yields. At Monday's auction, May 6, the 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went down to 5.780 percent from 5.869 percent in the last auction. Likewise, the yield for the...
President Marcos has urged electricity distribution utilities to tap the Anti Bill Shock Lending Program of the Land Bank of the Philippines to ensure that electricity rates are affordable. Marcos made the directive to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)....
Short-term benchmark interest rates moved sideways amid slightly stronger peso exchange rate. The national government on Monday, April 29, made a full award of all its short-term debt papers as demands totaled P51.204 billion, more than threefold the offer. The Treasury made a full P5-billion award...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 23 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to deliver a lastong solution to the recurrent power outages hitting the country during summer season. Hontiveros made the call as electricity demand increased during the summer months and forced the National Grid...
Investors pushed anew for higher rates on short-term debt papers following hawkish signals from the US Federal Reserve and other local monetary officials. At an auction on Monday, April 15, the Bureau of the Treasury raised P15 billion as planned with the full-award of Treasury bills (T-bills). The...
The government increased the size of its offering for one-year Treasury bills (T-bills) to P7 billion, raising a total of P17 billion at Monday's auction on April 1. The amount awarded was bigger than the initial P15 billion offering as the Bureau of the Treasury decided to accept the...
The Marcos administration intends to secure funding exceeding half a trillion pesos from the local market in second quarter to cover the government's budget shortfall. Based on the Bureau of the Treasury's borrowing plan, a total of P585 billion is projected to be sourced from the issuance of both...
All priority measures under President Marcos' administration are poised to be enacted by June this year, the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos presided over the fourth LEDAC meeting on...
