The Duterte administration’s budget deficit registered only a marginal increase last November owing to improved revenue collections, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The national government incurred a P128.7 billion fiscal gap last month, up by only 0.33 percent compared with P128.3...
The government rejected all bids for its long-term debt papers on Tuesday, Dec. 14, after investors sought higher yields. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said there is more room for yields to decline following deceleration in inflation last month and assurance from the central bank governor...
The short-term benchmark interest rates went sideways. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Dec. 13, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, dropped to 1.125 percent from 1.155 percent previously. The Bureau of the Treasury sold the P2 billion worth of...
Investors pressed for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rate for a long-term loan. This was manifested at the Treasury's bond auction on Tuesday, Dec. 7 where government rejected bids for the 10-year notes as investors sought higher returns for buying those securities. Total tenders...
Short-term benchmark interest rates moved sideways amid Omicron threat. At the Bureau of the Treasury auction on Monday, Dec. 6, yields on three- and six-month debt papers went down, while the interest rate for the one-year IOU slightly inched up. “Bias continues on short end with Omicron...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Monday, Dec. 6, reckoned that the continued rise in the Philippines’ outstanding debt stock is a cause for concern. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno Diokno noted that the government debt of almost P12 trillion is 10 times higher than the...
The government is set to auction off five luxury vehicles seized by the Bureau of the Customs to raise additional revenues, the Bureau of the Treasury announced on Thursday, Dec. 2. In a statement posted on its website, the treasury bureau said the government will dispose through public auction...
The Philippine government’s outstanding debt nears the P12-trillion mark in October this year due to higher domestic borrowings, the Bureau of the Treasury reported on Wednesday, Dec. 1. As of October 2021, the national government’s total debt reached P11.971 trillion, up by P54.48 billion...
Benchmark yields moved sideways amid expectations of higher interest rates following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to begin its stimulus tapering. At Monday's auction, Nov. 29, the 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly went down to 1.164 percent from...
Gov’t borrows P360 billion from small investors By Chino S. Leyco The Duterte government completed its borrowing from small investors through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTB), the Bureau of the Treasury announced. In a statement, Monday, Nov. 29, the Treasury said the government sold...
PH new borrowings cut by 78% The national government cut new borrowings in October on the back of improving revenue collections. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the Duterte administration’s gross borrowings last month dropped 78 percent to P145.78 billion from P663.21 billion in...
The Duterte administration’s budget deficit widened in October owing to higher spending. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Thursday, Nov. 25, that the national government incurred a P64.3 billion fiscal gap during the month, an increase of 2.9 percent compared with P61.4 billion in the same...
