The National Treasury has substantially reduced to P60 billion the amount of treasury bills and bonds it will offer during weekly auction scheduled December, less than a third of the volume it offered in November.
Inflation, which averaged sharply lower to only 4.9 percent in October, is projected to ease further in November, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
ACEN Corp. has tapped a bank for P20 billion earmarked for general corporate and for its renewable energy projects but declined to identify the lender.
The National Treasury awarded in full the P10 billion it offered at the auction Tuesday, an amount lower than the usual size after the government issued tokenized treasury bills and disclosed plans to raise USD1 billion from the offer of Sukuk bonds.