BSP to begin publishing overnight rate as market reference

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The BSP said that in pursuit of its statutory mandates, it either siphons excesses or augments shortfalls in market liquidity via open market operations. The main tool is the ON RRP facility which is based on the BSP policy rate. READ MORE:

a market reference following the lapse of the global use of the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR.

It said in a statement this starts a broader initiative to enhance the BSP ON Reverse Repurchase Agreement facility. “Once the enhancements are fully completed, the new rate from the RRP facility will become the ON reference rate,” the BSP said. Under the existing framework, the RRP facility auctions a pre-announced amount at a fixed rate. The ongoing enhancements, such as the change in the auction window from 4 p.m. to 11 a.m., are designed to encourage more active liquidity management by the banks, it said.

 

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