Government borrowings jumped fourfold last month following the issuance of retail bonds aimed at small investors although foreign borrowings decreased significantly, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to the data, gross financing of the Duterte administration increased by 314...
SL Agritech Corporation (SLAC), the country's biggest hybrid rice seeds producer, has returned to the local debt market to raise P2 billion, capping this year’s listing at the country’s bond bourse, Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx). As a result, PDEx President and Chief Operating...
The national government debt payments increased in October due to bigger maturing obligations, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. Debt servicing hit P27.19 billion in October this year, higher by eight percent compared...
The Philippines’ external debt is higher by 11.25 percent year-on-year to $91.979 billion as of end-September from $82.674 billion, said Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno on Friday. The debt stock was up by $9.3 billion because of the National Government’s (NG) net...
Government debt stock breached the P10 trillion mark in October amid unprecedented borrowings for the coronavirus response, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. Total outstanding debt of the national government stood at P10.028 trillion as of October this year, up by 26.8 percent compared...
The Duterte administration’s borrowings increased by over ninefold in October due to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) cash advance to the national government, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. Gross borrowings of the national government in October this year increased by 1,244...
The country’s external debt service burden decreased by 11.11 percent to $4.934 billion as of end-August from $5.551 billion same time last year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Debt service burden is payment made to both principal and interest on both the public and...
Debt payments of the national government ballooned in September after the Duterte administration repaid the bridge loan extended by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the coronavirus response. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed the government’s total debt servicing soared by 664...
The country’s external debt service burden was down 15.77 percent to $4.406 billion as of end-July from $5.231 billion same time last year, based on data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Debt service burden is principal and interest payments on both the public and private sector...
The National Government (NG) incurred an outstanding total debt of P9.369 trillion as of end-September, more than 18.5 percent or P1.46 trillion from same period last year of P7.907 trillion, according to data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). Compared to end-August, the NG debt was down...
The national government’s debt soared by nearly half-a-trillion pesos last month amid the Duterte administration’s aggressive borrowings to fund the country’s coronavirus response, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The outstanding debt of the national government stood at...
The Bureau of the Treasury is planning to borrow P140 billion from the domestic market in October this year. According to an online advisory posted today, the Treasury indicated that the national government will sell P80 billion worth of Treasury bills (T-bills) and P60 billion in Treasury bonds...
