mwplay888 Treasury bill rates rise for 7th straight week
Yields on shorter-dated government debts rose for the seventh straight weekmwplay888, but it did not discourage the Marcos administration from raising its planned amount of Treasury bills (T-bills) on Monday.
Auction results showed that the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) was able to borrow P22.6 billion on Monday’s sale of T-bills, larger than the P20 billion that it had originally hoped to raise.
What allowed the BTr to borrow more than initially planned was a healthy demand from creditors that reached P51.7 billion, 2.6 times bigger than the original size of the offer.
Article continues after this advertisementThis was despite the rates sought by local creditors rising again this week as markets braced for the impact of a second Trump presidency, Michael Ricafort, chief economist at Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., said in a commentary.
FEATURED STORIES BUSINESS Peso may fall to 59, BSP to intervene BUSINESS BIZ BUZZ: KathDen flick breaks into US box office top 10 BUSINESS PH seen to miss ʼ24 GDP growth target“Treasury bill average auction yields are again unusually slightly higher … as the markets priced in a Trump US presidency that could lead to protectionist policies,” Ricafort said, adding that a weak peso in the aftermath of the US elections may temper rate cut expectations at home.
The 91-day papers fetched an average rate of 5.631 percent per annum, higher than the 5.605 percent seen in the previous T-bills offering. Despite the higher yield, the government doubled the accepted noncompetitive bids for the tenor to P5.2 billion, leading to the higher-than-planned borrowings at the auction.
Article continues after this advertisementNoncompetitive bidders do not indicate any rate in their tenders and they get the resulting average rate when their bids are accepted.
Article continues after this advertisementMeanwhile, average yield on the 182-day debt securities rose week-on-week to 5.862 percent from 5.752 percent.
Article continues after this advertisementRates demanded by creditors for the 364-day T-bills averaged 5.871 percent, higher than the 5.790 percent seen previously.
The Marcos administration aims to raise about P90 billion from the domestic market this month, of which P60 billion will come from T-bills and P30 billion from longer-dated Treasury bonds. —Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
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