The Bureau of the Treasury has scaled down its domestic borrowing program for December due to strong demand for the ongoing retail bond offering and fewer working days. National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon said on Thursday, Nov. 25, that the national government plans to borrow only P70 billion...
Investors pressed anew for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Nov. 22, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, rose to 1.178 percent from 1.150 percent previously. The Bureau of the...
Benchmark interest rates increase as investors expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will keep its key policy rates steady. At Monday's auction Nov. 15, the yields on short-term government debt papers, which banks use in pricing their loans, went up, with the returns on the 91-day Treasury...
Benchmark interest rates increased across the board at Tuesday’s auction of short-term government debt papers, as investors wait for the latest inflation report and shift in policy at US Federal Reserve. The yield on the 91-day Treasury bill, which banks use in pricing their loans, went up to...
Benchmark interest rates move sideways By CHINO S. LEYCO The short-term benchmark interest rates move sideways. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Oct. 25, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly rose to 1.119 percent from 1.113 percent previously....
Benchmark interest rates moved sideways on Monday, Oct. 18, as yields for the three-month and one-year IOUs resumed their increase, while the six-month paper marginally dropped. The 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, went up to 1.113 percent from 1.095 percent a week...
Investors pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans following the US Federal Reserve’s pronouncement that it will likely begin reducing its monthly bond purchases. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills, Oct. 11, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which...
The Duterte administration has raised its domestic borrowing program next month as the government plans to hold a weekly auction of long-term IOUs, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to an online advisory released on today, May 26, the Treasury indicated that the national...
The national government has borrowed P22 billion in the domestic market through the sale of short-term debt papers (treasury bills) at yesterday’s auction. Interest rates also further declined. The three-month yield settled at 0.977 percent, lower than the 0.987 percent in the...
The national government plans to borrow P140 billion in the domestic market next month. Based on the Bureau of the Treasury offering schedule, the government will sell P80 billion worth of short-dated IOUs and P60 billion in long-term papers in November. The government will hold...
The Bureau of the Treasury fully awarded bids for short-term treasury bills at yesterday’s auction. The 91-, 182, and 364-day Treasury bills fetched average yields of 1.116 percent, 1.600 percent and 1.800 percent, respectively - all lower than previous auction levels. The auction was nearly...
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...
