credit

What rising credit risk in banks means for investors

In finance, what you measure often shapes what you see. When assessing risk, it’s easy…

BSP: Bad loans rose to 5-mo high in April 

Bad debts held by local banks rose to a five-month high in April, as joblessness…

Japan debt watcher keeps PH ‘A’ rating

The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) kept the Philippines’ hard-won “A” rating on expectations that…

PSEi dips below 6,400 after US downgrade

The local bourse tumbled below the 6,400 level on Tuesday after investors had more time…

PH investors hold on to US assets

Major Philippine institutions are not shunning American asset classes just because Moody’s decided to downgrade…

T-bill rates mixed amid spike in US Treasury yields

Yields on short-dated local debts of the government were mixed during Monday’s sale of Treasury…

US credit downgrade spooks investors

News of Moody’s downgrading the United States’ credit rating for the first time in history…

Banks’ bad loan ratio eases to 3-month low

Bad loans held by Philippine banks declined to a three-month low in March, as the…

BTr: Gov’t debt service burden lightened in March

The government’s debt service burden significantly eased in March, after an increase in interest costs…

PH dream of ‘A’ rating still alive, says S&P

The Philippines still has a chance to bag the coveted “A” credit rating despite the…