Below-target borrowings could persist due to war-shocked yields, a strategy the Marcos Jr. administration appears to have applied as it enters the second quarter of 2026, with planned domestic borrowings dropping from ₱824 billion in the first quarter to ₱784 billion. In a March 23 memorandum...
While short-dated treasury bills (T-bills) will still be offered from July to September, the national government will also issue long-term retail debt instruments amounting to around ₱200 billion within the third quarter of 2025. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto told reporters...
The government has once again exceeded its ₱25-billion borrowing target, raising ₱28.6 billion from short-term debt papers, as cooling inflation and growing expectations of a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) rate cut sustained investor demand and pushed yields lower across all tenors. At the...