BAHAGYANG tumaas ang outstanding external debt ng bansa sa US$73.2 billion sa unang tatlong buwan ng taon mula sa US$73.1 billion na naitala sa pagtatapos ng 2017, ayon sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
Sinabi ni BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr. na ang bahagyang paglobo sa debt stock sa first quarter ng 2018 ay dahil sa positive foreign exchange (FX) revaluation adjustments (US$621 million) bunga ng paghina ng US Dollar laban sa Japanese Yen, at adjustments ng naunang periods (US$685 million) sanhi ng late reporting.
“These upward pressures on the debt stock were partially mitigated by: (a) net principal repayments (US$735 million), which resulted mainly from the bullet payments at maturity as well as prepayments by the private sector; and (b) transfer of holdings of Philippine debt papers issued offshore (US$472 million) by non-residents to residents,” sabi pa ng BSP.
Gayunman, kumpara sa end-March 2017 figure, ang debt stock ay bumaba year-on-year ng US$609 million (o 0.8 percent) mula sa US$73.8 billion dahil sa net repayments (US$3.4 billion), pangunahin sa short-term (ST) non-trade accounts ng pribadong sektor.
“This downward impact on the debt stock was partly offset by: (a) previous periods’ adjustments (positive US$1.5 billion) due to late reporting; (b) upward FX revaluation adjustments (US$713 million); and (c) transfer of Philippine debt papers from residents to non-residents (US$618 million),” dagdag pa ng BSP.
Ang external debt ay patungkol sa lahat ng uri ng pagkakautang ng Philippine residents mula sa on-residents, kasunod ng residency criterion para sa international statistics. PNA
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