President Marcos' top economic manager stated that the ongoing sale of dollar-denominated retail Treasury bonds is a major step towards achieving financial inclusion for Filipinos. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the second sale of retail dollar bonds (RDB) contributes to fostering...
The government has successfully raised $611.2 million through the sale of retail dollar bonds (RDBs), marking President Marcos' first-ever issuance of such instruments to local investors, particularly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Bureau of the Treasury had initially planned to offer $200...
Investors pressed anew for an increase in benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. The national government raised P15 billion as planned with the full-award of Treasury bills at the weekly auction held Monday, Sept. 25. The auction was near three-times oversubscribed with total tenders...
The Bureau of the Treasury is offering a new investment option in US dollars for Filipino savers to help meet the budget needs of the Marcos administration. The Treasury has posted a notice on its website on Monday, Sept. 25 stating that retail onshore dollar bonds (RDB) will be issued, with a...
The government sold all its short-term debt papers after interest rates dropped. On Monday, Sept. 4, the Bureau of the Treasury held a successful auction for Treasury bills (T-bills), raising P15 billion as planned. The total bids reached P47.56 billion, an oversubscription of nearly two times the...
How would you feel if the government were to borrow some of your hard-earned savings from the banks? Well, generally, banks do not take your feelings into consideration. In reality, they are allowed to utilize the savings of their depositors, which are sitting idle in their vaults, and invest them....
Benchmark yields for short-term loans jumped after the central bank raised its policy rates last week, forcing the Bureau of the Treasury to partially borrow on Monday, Feb. 20. At an auction of Treasury bills, the national government raised a total of P13.05 billion, below the P15 billion program....
The Bureau of the Treasury closed its retail bond offering ahead of schedule after demand reached more than government’s target. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon announced on Wednesday, Feb. 15, that the bureau raised P283.71 billion through the sale of 5.5 year retail treasury bond...
Benchmark yields for short-term loans rose, prompting the Bureau of the Treasury to borrow less than planned. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Feb. 13, the national government raised P14.6 billion, below the P15 billion program. Total demand reached P32.2 billion The 91-day Treasury bill...
Small Filipino savers wanting to take a piece of the government’s retail Treasury bond (RTB) sale would earn higher interest rates than prevailing market rates. The Bureau of the Treasury launched on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the government’s new 5.5 year RTB, raising an initial P162.2 billion as total...
Benchmark yields for short-term loans moved sideways, but fell below secondary market rates. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Feb. 6, the national government raised P15 billion as programmed after total demand reached P37.78 billion The 91-day Treasury bill rate increased slightly to 4.186...
The Bureau of the Treasury made a full-award on Tuesday, Jan. 31, after the benchmark interest rate on debt falling due in almost 12 years settled within the secondary market levels. The interest rate of the reissued 25-year IOUs, with a remaining life of 12-years and eight-months, fetched 6.197...
