The Marcos administration scaled back its planned borrowing on Tuesday, April 7, as domestic investors showed cooling appetite for longer-dated debt, signaling caution amid shifting global risks. The Bureau of the Treasury raised ₱40 billion through a dual-tranche bond auction, falling short of...
The Philippines is facing an inflationary shock that could spill over to slower economic growth, potential job losses, and more capital market outflows amid a prolonged Middle East conflict, according to the World Bank. The global oil price and supply shock wrought by the war in Iran would “raise...
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 Marcos administration has successfully borrowed ₱30 billion from the sale of long-term debt securities but with higher borrowing costs despite higher demand from domestic investors. During the sale of seven-year treasury bonds (T-bonds) on Tuesday, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully...