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By Kevin Plumberg, Asia Asset Allocation Correspondent
(For other news from the Reuters Japan Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/JapanInvestment09?pid=500)
HONG KONG, July 9 (Reuters) - The following are planned or potential foreign-currency denominated debt issuances from Asia, excluding Japan.
THE FINANCE department is willing to defer implementation of a proposed measure restructuring tobacco and alcohol excise taxes, citing the global downturn, despite officials having prodded Congress to pass new measures aimed at addressing declining state revenues.
MANILA, July 8 (Reuters) - The Philippines could afford to have a budget shortfall equivalent to 4 percent of gross domestic product this year, although the current goal of 3.2 percent was still likely to be met, the budget secretary said on Wednesday. "A 4 percent (deficit-to-GDP ratio) is acceptable," Rolando Andaya told reporters on Wednesday as he expressed concern over weak revenue ...
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc ’s banking unit sold 52.7 billion yen ($557 million) of three-year samurai bonds without a government guarantee amid a recovery in Japanese demand for debt from overseas borrowers.
MANILA, July 8 (Reuters) - The Philippines could afford to have a budget shortfall equivalent to 4 percent of gross domestic product this year, although the current goal of 3.2 percent was still likely to be met, the budget secretary said on Wednesday.
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Several recent bond deals and a returning appetite for risk could be signaling the revival of the Samurai bond market, which has been largely shuttered since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year scared Japanese investors away from foreign borrowers.
TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Barclays Bank Plc sold 52.7 billion yen ($556 million) of three-year Samurai bonds in two tranches, lead manager Barclays Capital Japan said on Wednesday.
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