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The rate for 20-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) fell to a new record low at yesterday’s auction as liquidity in the banking system resulted in strong demand for government debt instruments.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 774654 [Title] => Gov't eyes P40B from retail T-bonds [Summary] =>

The government is set to raise at least P40 billion from the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTBs) to small local investors as well as institutional investors starting Feb. 21 to pay off maturing obligations.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216250 [Title] => Camacho raps banks for ‘profiteering’ [Summary] => Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho lashed out at banks yesterday, accusing market players of "profiteering" by taking advantage of persistent coup rumors to force domestic interest rates to go up.

Reacting harshly to the Treasury bills auction on Monday, Camacho said the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) was left with no recourse but to reject all bids outright since banks were making unreasonably high bids based purely on rumors.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196232 [Title] => Government cancels P3.5-B 5-year bond auction on Monday [Summary] => The Bureau of Treasury (BTr) has decided to cancel its P3.5 billion five-year bond auction on Monday in anticipation of market attempts to jack up the interest rates for the government's long-term bonds.

As the country faces a deeper crisis in the wake of the US-Iraq war, aggravated by the impending international sanctions that were expected to disrupt dollar inflows from overseas Filipino workers, the market has been forcing the government to allow interest rates to go up.
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                    [Title] => 20-yr T-bond rate falls to record low
                    [Summary] => 

The rate for 20-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) fell to a new record low at yesterday’s auction as liquidity in the banking system resulted in strong demand for government debt instruments.

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The government is set to raise at least P40 billion from the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTBs) to small local investors as well as institutional investors starting Feb. 21 to pay off maturing obligations.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216250 [Title] => Camacho raps banks for ‘profiteering’ [Summary] => Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho lashed out at banks yesterday, accusing market players of "profiteering" by taking advantage of persistent coup rumors to force domestic interest rates to go up.

Reacting harshly to the Treasury bills auction on Monday, Camacho said the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) was left with no recourse but to reject all bids outright since banks were making unreasonably high bids based purely on rumors.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196232 [Title] => Government cancels P3.5-B 5-year bond auction on Monday [Summary] => The Bureau of Treasury (BTr) has decided to cancel its P3.5 billion five-year bond auction on Monday in anticipation of market attempts to jack up the interest rates for the government's long-term bonds.

As the country faces a deeper crisis in the wake of the US-Iraq war, aggravated by the impending international sanctions that were expected to disrupt dollar inflows from overseas Filipino workers, the market has been forcing the government to allow interest rates to go up.
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