About P94,589 is every living Filipino’s share of the national government debt as of February, that is P20,000 more. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Monday, March 29, that the outstanding debt stock of the national government now stood at P10.405 trillion in February, or additional P2.24...
The national government’s debt ratio soared following its record budget deficit incurred last year due to unprecedented borrowings for the country’s coronavirus response, data from the Department of Finance (DOF) revealed. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said on Sunday, March 21, that the...
The government borrowed more foreign loans in 2020 to fund COVID-19 response, pushing the outstanding external debt to grow by 17.8 percent to $98.488 billion from $83.618 billion in 2019, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data. The country’s external debt as a ratio to GDP increased to...
The national government’s debt stock breached P10-trillion mark in January after its total obligations accelerated by P2.5 trillion amid aggressive borrowings to finance the country’s war chest against the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Tuesday, March 2, that the...
The central bank-monitored external debt service burden continued its decline, it fell by 15.49 percent year-on-year as of end-November 2020 to $6.452 billion from $7.635 billion. Based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data, principal payments totaled $4.385 billion, down by 8.53 percent from...
The country’s external debt service burden fell to $6.09 billion as of end-October 2020 or 16.6 percent lower from same time in 2019 of $7.30 billion, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) show. Principal payments dropped 9.95 percent to $4.15 billion from $4.61 billion while interest...
The national government’s debt stock increased by more than a quarter in November after both local and foreign obligations jumped by double-digits due to heavy borrowings, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. As of November last year, the outstanding debt of the national government...
Debt service burden down 8% The Philippines will continue to have a strong debt sustainability position and will remain comfortably way below what the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) considers a danger threshold even as the country borrow more from foreign sources to fund COVID-19 vaccine...
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...
