As the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) celebrates its 28th anniversary today, it is proud that it has become “greener” and has embraced the principles of sustainable development. Last year, when the BSP too was in lockdown, its officials started drafting its pandemic-proof Sustainable Central...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said efforts to continue to develop the domestic capital market have not been diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic. Diokno said capital market reforms being implemented and other measures to further deepen the capital market are...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said Thursday, (July 1) that the Philippines will actively pursue its exit from the ‘grey list’ of the global anti-money laundering watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and will closely monitor its impact on the economy....
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno on Monday reiterated his call for a more prominent Asia regional stance when it comes to discussions of global systemic risks amid the pandemic-cum-recession woes. Diokno made this statement after he was appointed for a second term as...
It will take as long as two years before the Philippines can be taken out of the “grey list” of dirty money watchdog Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. Diokno said the Philippines’ delisting from the grey...
The Philippines is again placed in the “grey list” of Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), one of 22 countries found with serious Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies, which raises the risk of “dirty money” transactions on trade...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has decided to keep its benchmark overnight rate at two percent during Thursday’s fourth Monetary Board policy meeting for the year because economic recovery remains “tentative” in terms of momentum, said BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. 14826 “(The)...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) auction of term deposit facility (TDF) this week attracted lower average rates ahead of the BSP’s monetary policy meeting on Thursday (June 24). The BSP offered lower TDF volumes this week of P520 billion from the previous week’s P530 billion. The total...
The central bank reported a higher balance of payments (BOP) deficit of $1.627 billion in the first five months after incurring a $1.397 billion shortfall for the month of May. The end-May BOP deficit is a reversal of the $4.029 billion surplus recorded in the same period last year. The Bangko...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expecting a bigger balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $7.1 billion in 2021 compared to its previous projection (March) of $6.2 billion. The 2022 BOP surplus estimate is however revised lower to $2.7 billion versus previous forecast of $3.8 billion. The...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno has assured clients of Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) the bank’s systems glitch which left some funds “floating” will be resolved within the day, Saturday, June 12. Diokno said that the bad outage since Thursday, June...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said changes in the labor market brought on by the public health crisis will continue to drive wage dynamics in the near term, and it will require extra vigilance in monitoring its impact on inflation. “For this reason, the BSP will...
