Description of Market Data
Size & Composition

A monthly summary of outstanding government debt securities issued domestically by the Bureau of the Treasury is accessible through the link below.

Market Liquidity

A daily trading volume report on government bonds and some listed corporates at the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation is accessible through the link below.

Prices and Yields

The Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation publishes end-of-day yields of government bonds traded.  Meanwhile, the Money Market Association of the Philippines (MART) keeps historical yields on benchmark government bonds, all of which are accessible through the link below.

Foreign Exchange

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) provides daily, monthly, and annual exchange rate information, all of which are accessible through the link below.

Reference Rates

The Philippines uses several reference rates. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) influences rates through bank reserve requirements and open-market operations. Rates are also determined through weekly auctions of treasury bills at the Bureau of the Treasury, which can reject bids and reduce or increase the amount of its regular issues.

Policy Rate – Repurchase Agreement Rate

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) uses various monetary policy instruments for inflation targeting. It influences interest rates primarily by raising or lowering its overnight lending or repurchase rate and the overnight borrowing or reverse repurchase rate. Both types of rates have overnight, or term, maturities.

Short-Term Interest Rate

The interbank call loan rate is the rate on loans between banks for periods not exceeding 24 hours. They are used primarily for covering reserve deficiencies.

The treasury bill rate is the rate on short-term debt instruments issued by the Government for generating funds needed to finance outstanding obligations. The 91-day treasury bill reference rate published by BSP is used to set the issue rates of commercial paper.

The Manila reference rate refers to the weighted average interest rates announced by BSP, which are based on the combined promissory note and time deposit transactions of a sample of commercial banks. The Manila reference rate is used as a reference rate for banks and non-bank financial institutions in pricing floating rate loans.

Philippine Interbank Offered Rate

The Bankers Association of the Philippines uses its Philippine Interbank Offered Rate (PHIBOR) as an indicator of the banking system’s level of liquidity. PHIBOR is the simple average of interest rates of participating banks computed on a daily basis, and is used as a reference rate for pricing private debt instruments.

Long-Term Interest Rate

The Money Market Association of the Philippines (MART) publishes a benchmark curve out to 25 years. MART1 Rates represent the average bids for government securities submitted by fixing banks. For each tenor, only the best 60% of the posted bids are included in the computation.