MANILA – Undersubscription was registered in the 7-day term facility of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Wednesday while the other tenors received higher-than-offered bids.
Data released by the central bank showed that the shortest tenor facility received PHP56.572 billion worth of bids, lower than the PHP60 billion offer. The auction committee accepted all the tenders.
The lower-than-offered tenders resulted in the increase in the bid coverage ratio since this week’s bids for this tenor is higher relative to last week’s auction when the PHP70 billion offer was met with PHP62.442 billion worth of bids.
The average rate of the 7-day facility rose to 4.2834 percent from 4.2508 percent.
On the other hand, bids for both the 14-day and 29-day facilities are higher than what the BSP offered.
The mid-tenor facility was offered for PHP60 billion, which was fully offered, and tenders reached PHP67.388 billion.
The bid coverage ratio rose to 1.1231 from 1.0795 in last week’s auction.
The rate of the facility, on the other hand, declined to 4.3310 percent from 4.3424 percent during the auction last November 27.
Bids for the longest-tenor facility totaled to PHP51.568 billion, higher than the PHP50 billion offer.
The bid coverage ratio, meanwhile, dropped to 1.0314 from the previous auction’s 1.0652, when the PHP60 billion offer was met with PHP63.911 billion tenders.
The rate of this tenor rose to 4.3522 percent from last week’s 4.3324 percent.
“Results of today's auction remain in line with the BSP's expectations,” the central bank said in a statement. (PNA)
