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Outgoing Finance Secretary Joel Banares said the proceeds of the bond flotation will be used to fund the projected budget deficit of P145 billion this year.


Banares said the government is also looking at other proposals by foreign banks which want to undertake the bond flotation that could take place sometime in June or July.


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The Arroyo administration will be holding an international roadshow in March to prop up the investment image of the Philippines. In the last two years of the Estrada administration, many foreign investors had either been pulling out or downscaling their operations.


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Government mulls bond float to fund budget deficit

February 19, 2001 - 12:00am

The Arroyo administration is studying the proposal of French investment bank BNP Paribas to issue three-year floating bond rates of $200 million to $300 million. Outgoing Finance Secretary Joel Banares said the...

Business

2 global banks offer to help RP attract investors

February 8, 2001 - 12:00am

Global investment banks Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse have offered to assist the Arroyo administration in its effort to attract investments after three similar agencies were tapped for the same purpose last week. The...

Business