Government borrowing declined in August with fewer loans borrowed from local lenders, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to the Bureau of the Treasury, government borrowing in August amounted to P124.06 billion, lower by 7 percent than the P133.34 billion recorded in the same...
Lingering concerns over high inflation pushed up the interest rate for long-term Philippine debt papers. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Tuesday, Oct. 5, the yield for the seven-year Treasury bond went up to 4.207 percent from 3.75 percent last August when the IOU was last sold. Investors...