
Philippine external debt up 5.1 percent in Q2
The Philippines’ outstanding external debt rose 5.1 percent quarter-on-quarter to $154.93 billion in the second quarter from $147.35 billion in the first three…
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The Philippines’ outstanding external debt rose 5.1 percent quarter-on-quarter to $154.93 billion in the second quarter from $147.35 billion in the first three…

The Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR) rose to $104.8 billion at the end of August, up from July’s 1.5-year low, as higher gold prices and income…

The People’s Budget Coalition raises red flags over the proposed 2027 national budget, citing rising debt payments, lower social service allocations and…

The Philippines’ gross international reserves (GIR) declined to $103.3 billion at the end of July from $104.7 billion a month earlier, while the country posted…

The BSP attributed the quarter-on-quarter decline in external debt mainly to lower non-resident holdings of Philippine debt securities amid cautious investor…

The Philippines’ external debt eased to $147.35 billion in Q1 2026, with the debt-to-GDP ratio improving to 30% and short-term obligations declining. Despite…

ASEAN leaders have agreed to establish a Philippine-based ASEAN Maritime Center and move toward a regional fuel reserve system, as the bloc responds to Middle…

Philippines’ foreign reserves dropped to a 15-month low in April as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas intervened to curb peso weakness, with GIR falling to…

Philippines’ limited oil reserves and overreliance on the private sector are heightening energy security risks amid the Middle East conflict, warns Maharlika…

Gross internal reserves dropped to $107.5 billion as of end-March, from February’s $112.7 billion record high. Still, the BSP said, ‘this level provides an…


Discover how the Philippines' external debt eased in Q4 2025, with a 1% decline to $147.65 billion, as reported by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Learn about…

Philippine external debt rises 6.8% year-on-year to $149.09 billion as of September 2025, BSP says, while debt remains manageable with strong reserves, low…
External debt rises 6.8 percent to $149.09 billion by September 2025, exposing the Philippines to currency and interest rate risks, BSP reports.

The uptick was mainly due to higher holdings of government-issued securities by nonresidents and increased loans extended to the national government. Foreign…
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data showed the country’s BoP with a $2.6-billion deficit in April to June, reversing the $1.2-billion surplus recorded in the same…

The country's outstanding external debt jumped by 14 percent to $146.74 billion in the first quarter of the year compared to the level in the same quarter of…

‘It’s okay to eat a lot of carbs because we’re a growing economy, so forget about the debt-to-GDP ratio of 60 percent’

In May, the government awarded $2-billion Dual Tranche Fixed Rate Global Bonds under its Sustainable Finance Framework to mitigate the effects of climate…

Private banks issued bonds amounting to $1.8 billion, higher by 4.7 percent than the level in 2023. The BSP said the proceeds were used for general corporate…