De Leon said the government had decided to cap the volume amid strong demand for the new issue, which has a coupon rate of 6.125% and is part of this year's borrowing programme for budget financing. The government's previous
peso retail bond
offer had raised 420.45 billion pesos, the first such issue
under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
($1 = 55.20 Philippine pesos)
(Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz and Neil Jerome Morales; Editing
by Kanupriya Kapoor)