The Bureau of thel Treasury will resume next week the public offer of treasury bonds after a two-week hiatus to make way for the government’s sale of 5-year retail treasury bonds.
At the auction set Tuesday, the BTr will offer P30 billion worth of 20-year treasury bonds.
The public offer of new retail treasury bonds will end Friday, 23 February. The government initially raised P212.7 billion when the price-setting auction was held on 13 February. The coupon rate on the new RTB was set at 6.25 percent.
Aside from raising new money, the government is also accepting RTBs maturing in March that will be surrendered in exchange for new RTBs.
On Monday, the National Treasury will auction P15 billion worth of 91-day, 182-day and 364-day treasury bills.
