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Gov’t debt increased to record P14.15t in June

The government’s debt climbed to a record P14.15 trillion as of end-June 2023 from P14.10 trillion in May on continued borrowing to finance the...

Outstanding Philippine government debt topped P14 trillion in May

The Philippines' outstanding debt hit a record P14.10 trillion as of end-May 2023 from P13.91 trillion as of end-April on weaker peso against the...

US Treasury takes steps to avoid default on gov’t debt

Washington—The US Treasury began taking measures Thursday to prevent a default on government debt as Congress heads towards a high-stakes clash between Democrats and...

Diokno says record P12.79-t gov’t debt remains manageable

Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Thursday the government debt remains at a manageable level despite rising to a record level of P12.79 trillion as...

Government debt climbed by 14.6% to record P12.8 trillion in end-June

Outstanding government debt climbed by more than P1.6 trillion, or 14.6 percent, in June to hit a record P12.79 trillion from P11.17 trillion a...

Gov’t debt increased to record P12.76t in April

The government’s outstanding debt climbed to a record P12.76 trillion in April from P12.68 trillion in March on continued borrowings and the effect of...

Gov’t debt reached P11.97t in October

Outstanding debt of the national government hit a record high of P11.97 trillion in October from P11.92 trillion in September, driven mainly by the...

Gov’t debt breached P11-t level in May, says Treasury

Government debt reached P11.07 trillion as of end-May this year, mostly from domestic borrowings, data from the Treasury show. The Treasury said Monday government debt...

Govt debt up 4.9% to P9.6t as of August

The national government’s outstanding debt surged P450 billion in August, or 4.9 percent, to P9.615 trillion from the end-July 2020 level following the net...

Treasury: Gov’t debt jumps by P290b to P8.89t in May

The government’s outstanding debt jumped P290.44 billion, or 3.4 percent, in May to P8.89 trillion from P8.6 trillion in April as the government issued...

Gov’t debt surged P869b in 4 months

The government’s outstanding debt jumped by P869 billion or 11.2 percent since the start of the year to reach P8.6 trillion as of end-April,...

Govt to settle debt to Maynilad

The government on Wednesday vowed to settle its P3.42-billion payment to West Zone water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. after a three-man arbitral tribunal...

Govt debt declines to 34.6% of GDP

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the share of the general government debt to gross domestic product dropped to 34.6 percent in 2016 from...

SMC warns vs higher govt debt

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. expressed concern over the government’s decision to skip public-private partnership projects in favor of official development assistance loans to finance...
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