Despite government assurances of sound financial management, the Philippines' debt burden relative to the size of its economy increased last year due to weaker-than-expected economic growth. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported on Tuesday, Feb. 4, that the government’s total outstanding debt...
The Philippines has successfully raised $2.25 billion and €1 billion in a triple-tranche bond sale, demonstrating continued investor confidence in the country's economic prospects. The sale, totaling $2.29 billion, included 10-year and 25-year bonds denominated in US dollars, and a...
The Marcos administration is tapping into the global bond markets with a multi-tranche offering in both US dollars and euros, the Bureau of the Treasury announced on Thursday, Jan. 23. The offering includes 10-year and 25-year bonds in US dollars and a seven-year bond in euros, marking the...
Concerns over potential protectionist measures from the Trump 2.0 administration, along with expectations of fewer US Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025, drove up demand for long-term government debt papers. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) successfully raised P30 billion...
Investor demand for the government’s short-term debt papers sustained its strength for the second consecutive week, as stable inflation pushed interest rates lower and heightened expectations of potential rate cuts by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). At Monday’s auction on Jan. 13, the...
The national government's debt service increased by more than half in November of last year as payments for interest and amortization soared. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the government’s debt payments reached P193.7 billion in November, a 65 percent increase compared to...
Peso depreciation against the US dollar, alongside net financing activities, further pushed the national government’s debt, which had recently breached the P16-trillion mark. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), revealed that the government’s total outstanding debt stood at...
Expectations of further policy easing by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) took center stage in the first Bureau of the Treasury auction of the year, as investors snapped up government debt and pushed yields lower across the board. At Monday's auction, January 6, the Treasury bureau...
Despite a year-long trend of declining government support, state-owned corporations, particularly major non-financial institutions, received a substantial boost in subsidies in November last year Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that state subsidies to government-owned and...
The national government substantially reduced its reliance on borrowing in November, cutting its total by nearly half compared to the same period last year, due to lower domestic borrowing. Based on the latest Bureau of the Treasury report, total gross borrowings in November 2024 plunged 48 percent...
Government revenues raised from privatization of idle assets jumped 359.1 percent to P3.28 billion during the first 11 months of 2024, the latest Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data on Dec. 26, Thursday, showed. End-November privatization proceeds not only exceeded the P715.02 million a year ago but...
The Marcos administration’s budget deficit ballooned in November due to the contraction in government revenues and a substantial increase in public spending. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Thursday, Dec. 26, that the government’s budget deficit more than doubled in November, surging to...
