The country’s external debt service burden was down by 17 percent end-June to $3.983 billion from $4.80 billion same time last year, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Debt service burden is principal and interest payments on both the public and private sector debts...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has absorbed P1.5 trillion of liquidity from the financial system as of end-June this year and amid the worst of the community quarantine period, according to a report. This was the total outstanding amount that was siphoned off by the BSP’s liquidity...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said the central bank’s ability to issue its own securities will improve both liquidity and inflation control, especially after infusing over P1.4 trillion of money supply in the financial system since the pandemic began. Benjamin...
Because of the pandemic and temporary suspension of some of its open market facilities, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) earned less in the second quarter, reducing its six-month net income to P13.714 billion or 54.1 percent lower than same time in 2019 of P29.883 billion. The BSP has been...
The country’s current account surplus improved to $4.4 billion in the first six months of the year, reversing the $2.6 billion deficit reported same time in 2019, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Friday. BSP Deputy Governor Francisco G. Dakila Jr. said the better-than-expected current...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) maiden auction of 1-month BSP Bills, offered at P20 billion initially, received tenders amounting to P43.36 billion in Friday’s bids. This is the first central bank issued securities since the “JOBO” Bills in the 1980s. MB file photo. According...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that as of end-June this year, the Philippines’ outstanding external debt was higher at $87.453 billion, up by 7.6 percent or $6.2 billion from same time last year of $81.259 billion, as the government borrowed more to finance anti-COVID-19 pandemic...
Cash remittances sent by overseas Filipinos (OF) via the banking networks increased by 7.8 percent in July but January-July data still show a decline of 2.4 percent to $16.802 billion because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2.4 percent year-to-date (YTD) decline is recorded both for the cash and...
The central bank’s guidelines on the establishment of digital banks is expected to be approved this month, according to a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official. BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier (Bloomberg file photo) BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier said the circular will be...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will accelerate its gold purchases and will be more opportunistic in its gold trading, according to its highest-ranking official. MB File “BSP will be opportunistic, sell when gold prices are high,” said BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno over the weekend. He...
On July 29, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has released New Generation Currency (NGC) banknotes that feature a “shining, shimmering” value panel, but it seems like a lot of people missed the memo. A Facebook user named Allaine Francisco shared her experience on how a seller refused to accept...
