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Government warned vs rolling back hard on borrowings

By Elijah Felice Rosales | December 23, 2021 - 12:00am

The government needs to repay its outstanding debts to weather the country’s fiscal risks in the recovery stage, but should remain open on borrowing beyond program to finance efforts against the pandemic, economic...

Business

The basics of borrowing

By Rose Fres Fausto | February 17, 2021 - 12:00am

The dictionary defines it as something, typically money, which is owed or borrowed.

The Budgetarian

Foreign borrowings soar 82% to $17.7 billion

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 30, 2021 - 12:00am

Foreign borrowings by the national government soared by 82.5 percent to $17.7 billion last year from $9.7 billion in 2019...

Business

Coronavirus loans push up government debt to P8.6 trillion in April

By Prinz Magtulis | June 1, 2020 - 6:35pm

In terms of growth, the government's debt pile is growing at its fastest level since 2008.

Business

A reader asks ‘Hanggang kelan ka tutulong sa pamilya?’

By Rose Fres Fausto | March 4, 2020 - 12:00am

Treat this as a temporary situation and work things out yourself to become more independent, and regain that self-respect...

Health And Family

Additional cost of borrowing?

March 7, 2017 - 10:49pm

Benjamin Franklin said: “He who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.” With the issuance of Revenue Memorandum Circular 62-2016 dated June 13, 2016, it would seem the general borrowing public will have...

Business

Borrowing shift shields Philippines from higher interest rates

By Prinz Magtulis | October 25, 2016 - 12:00am

The Duterte administration’s shift in borrowing strategy to more foreign loans would shield the government from the...

Business

Gov't borrowing costs likely to stay low despite Fed hike

By Prinz Magtulis | December 16, 2015 - 10:02pm

Despite a hike in US interest rates on Thursday, government borrowing costs could still trend lower, thanks to the country's...

Business

Gov’t to issue P135-B T-bills, bonds

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 31, 2015 - 10:00am

The government will issue P135 billion worth of Treasury bonds and bills in the second quarter, 50 percent higher than the...

Business

Phl to sell P135-B debt papers

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 30, 2014 - 12:00am

The Philippines plans to sell P135 billion worth of debt papers in the last three months of the year.

Business