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...
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) has fully awarded all tenors during the Treasury bills (T-bills) auction on Monday with a total of P15 billion as demand for the government paper was seen to be weak. The total bids reached P47.250 billion, an oversubscription of more than three times the target...
The Bureau of the Treasury successfully raised P15 billion from the auction of Treasury bills (T-bills) as yields declined after 11 consecutive weeks of increase. The national government on Monday, March 11, made a full award of all its short-term debt papers as demands totaled P50.708 billion,...
The Bureau of the Treasury borrowed P15 billion from the local debt market through its successful auction of Treasury bills (T-bills) on Monday, March 4. Averages rates continued to move up during the auction, with all the tenors fetching slightly higher rates. Robust investor demand also marked...
Extended weekends represent an opportunity for working families to relax, rejuvenate, and come together at home. However, this respite often comes with a trade-off: increased electricity usage and subsequently higher bills. In 2023, families were treated to multiple long weekends due to the...
The national government fell short anew in making a full award of the short-term debt papers following the record-high P585 billion retail treasury bond issuance. The Bureau of the Treasury during an auction on Monday, February 26, partially borrowed P14.8 billion through the sale of Treasury bills...
The government sold some short-term loans to Filipino investors, even though interest rates were up and there were fewer takers. During the auction on Monday, Feb. 19, the Bureau of the Treasury raised P14.5 billion through the sale of Treasury bills (T-bills), below the P15 billion program. ...
