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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) maiden auction of 1-month BSP Bills, offered at P20 billion initially, received tenders amounting to P43.36 billion in Friday’s bids. This is the first central bank issued securities since the “JOBO” Bills in the 1980s.  MB file photo. According...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that as of end-June this year, the Philippines’ outstanding external debt was higher at $87.453 billion, up by 7.6 percent or $6.2 billion from same time last year of $81.259 billion, as the government borrowed more to finance anti-COVID-19 pandemic...

Cash remittances sent by overseas Filipinos (OF) via the banking networks increased by 7.8 percent in July but January-July data still show a decline of 2.4 percent to $16.802 billion because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2.4 percent year-to-date (YTD) decline is recorded both for the cash and...