The Philippines, Asia's most active sovereign debt issuer, said on Sunday its outstanding foreign debt fell 0.7 percent to $56.3 billion at the end of the first half, from $56.7 billion at the end of the first quarter.
"The decline in total debt stock however resulted mainly from downward foreign exchange revaluation adjustments of $400 million brought about by the weakening of most third currencies against the US dollar with the Japanese yen accounting for 81.9 percent of total revaluation adjustment," central bank officer-in-charge Armando Suratos said in a statement.
The central bank said there were net inflows of $400 million from external debt transactions.
Suratos said that debt with medium to long-term maturities represented 88.2 percent of the country's total outstanding debt, with a weighted average maturity of 17 years. The public sector accounted for 70.7 percent of disbursements on these loans.
Multilateral and bilateral creditors accounted for 44.3 percent of the country's total external debt, while bond and noteholders represented 26.7 percent. The remaining 21.2 percent was held by banks and financial institutions.
The country's external debt remained largely denominated in two currencies, with US dollars accounting for 52.1 percent and 27.9 percent in Japanese yen. The rest is in 17 other currencies, with euro-denominated debt accounting for 6.9 percent.
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