Despite lower demand from local investors, the Marcos administration has successfully borrowed its planned ₱30 billion through the sale of long-term debt securities at higher interest rates, amid reduced chances of US Federal Reserve rate cuts. At an auction on Tuesday, June 10, the Bureau of the...
The government has once again exceeded its ₱25-billion borrowing target, raising ₱28.6 billion from short-term debt papers, as cooling inflation and growing expectations of a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) rate cut sustained investor demand and pushed yields lower across all tenors. At the...
Despite a sharp increase in the national government’s debt payments in April, over half a trillion pesos was trimmed from total payments in the first four months of the year, leading to a 45.7 percent decline by end-April. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that the Marcos...
The Marcos Jr. administration 's chief economic manager has allayed concerns about the rising public debt level, claiming that the national government maintains prudent fiscal management. Asked on Tuesday, June 3, if there 's anything to worry about regarding debt accumulation, especially...
The total outstanding debt of the government reached a new record high of ₱16.75 trillion in April, an increase of ₱68.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, from the previous month, driven by higher domestic borrowings amid strong demand for government securities. Latest data from the Bureau of the...
The Marcos administration has borrowed its planned ₱30 billion from local lenders through the sale of long-term debt securities at lower interest rates, due to strong demand and expectations of further inflation slowdown. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) awarded the offered amount through the...
The government on Monday, June 2, borrowed ₱28.6 billion—exceeding its ₱25-billion offer—through short-term debt papers as domestic lenders flocked to the sale, eager to lock in relatively higher interest rates ahead of an expected decline in the coming months. At the latest treasury bills...
The national government lowered its borrowings to ₱1.14 trillion from January to April 2025, down by ₱28 billion from last year’s ₱1.16 trillion, mainly due to the massive decline in borrowings from local lenders. According to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), the January-to-April figure...
The national government recorded a budget surplus of ₱67.3 billion in April, marking a 57.5 percent jump from the same month last year, as tax collections rose by 7.8 percent—boosted by stronger revenue from corporate, personal income, and value-added taxes (VAT) collected by the Bureau of...
The national government has raised more than its offered amount of ₱25 billion through short-term debt papers, as demand from local creditors soared despite lower interest rates driven by expectations of further rate cuts in the coming months. At Monday’s auction on May 26, the Bureau of the...
The Marcos administration has successfully borrowed ₱30 billion from the sale of long-term debt securities, but borrowing costs climbed amid dampened creditor interest due to elevated US bond yields following Moody’s downgrade of its credit rating. At Tuesday’s auction, the Bureau of the...
The Marcos administration has successfully borrowed ₱25 billion from domestic lenders through short-term debt papers, as creditors moved to lock in relatively higher interest rates ahead of a possible reduction in key borrowing costs by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) at its policy meeting...