The Marcos administration is set to offer Filipinos the opportunity to grow their hard-earned savings by investing at least P5,000 in the government’s upcoming retail Treasury (RTB) bond sale. The Bureau of the Treasury has announced that the government intends to raise more than P30 billion...
The Department of Finance (DOF) announced that the national government plans to borrow from small Filipino investors in the first three months of the year to cover its budget shortfall. In statement on Friday, Jan. 19, the DOF has stated that the Bureau of the Treasury is preparing to issue another...
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The Marcos administration increased its domestic borrowing program for November, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed on Wednesday, Oct. 25. In a memorandum posted on the Treasury website, the bureau stated that the national government aims to borrow P225 billion from the domestic market...
The Bureau of the Treasury reported that digital platforms have tripled the amount of retail dollar bonds (RDBs) raised, in line with the government's digitalization program. In a statement, Sharon P. Almanza, Treasury bureau office-in-charge, said online order-taking platforms generated $2.56...
President Marcos' first retail dollar bond (RDB) sale successfully raised $1.26 billion, demonstrating a positive response from the public despite the current market conditions, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. During the Chat with SBED briefing on Friday, Oct. 6, Finance Secretary Benjamin E....
The Marcos administration has scaled back its borrowing plan for the next month in light of the retail dollar bond sale, which is slated to conclude in the first week of October, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. In a memorandum posted on the Treasury website on Thursday, Sept. 28, the...
President Marcos' top economic manager stated that the ongoing sale of dollar-denominated retail Treasury bonds is a major step towards achieving financial inclusion for Filipinos. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the second sale of retail dollar bonds (RDB) contributes to fostering...
The benchmark interest rate on debt falling due in almost five years drop at an auction of the government IOUs at the Bureau of the Treasury on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The interest rate of the 20-year IOUs, with a remaining life of four-years and nine-months, fetched 6.568 percent, lower than the...
Small Filipino investors swamped the government’s latest retail bond sale, prompting the Bureau of the Treasury to end the offer period ahead of schedule after orders exceeded the target. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 16, National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said the bureau raised P283.71...
The Bureau of the Treasury closed its retail bond offering ahead of schedule after demand reached more than government’s target. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon announced on Wednesday, Feb. 15, that the bureau raised P283.71 billion through the sale of 5.5 year retail treasury bond...
Small Filipino savers wanting to take a piece of the government’s retail Treasury bond (RTB) sale would earn higher interest rates than prevailing market rates. The Bureau of the Treasury launched on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the government’s new 5.5 year RTB, raising an initial P162.2 billion as total...