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Philippine sovereign debt at P13.64 trillion in November

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Posted at Jan 03 11:31 AM

The national government's total outstanding debt reached P13.64 trillion as of the end of November, slightly higher than the previous month. Read more »

DOF denies debt payments eating a third of 2023 budget

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Updated as of Aug 25 04:22 PM

Debt service makes up just 11.6 percent of the proposed P5.268 trillion national budget for 2023, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Thursday. Read more »

[OPINION] All the King’s horses

Dean Dela Paz
Updated as of Jun 23 10:14 AM

High taxes and aggressive collection efforts will remain go-to instruments to mitigate adverse fiscal deficits and rating downsides. Unfortunately, these inflict heavily on businesses yet to recover, and a population cursed with inadequate wages worsened by historic inflation and the threat of stagflation. Read more »

Fact Check: ‘Di totoong bayad na ni Duterte ang lahat ng utang ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Posted at Jun 04 04:49 PM

Hindi totoong wala nang utang ang Pilipinas dahil binayaran na ito ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

PH debt hits record P11.97 trillion in October

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Updated as of Dec 01 04:06 PM

Since October last year, the government has added P1.9 trillion to the national debt. Read more »

PH debt hits record P11.92 trillion in September

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Posted at Oct 29 04:21 PM

The Philippines' debt further climbed to P11.92 trillion at the end of September, up 27.2 percent from the same month last year. Read more »

Philippine debt hits P11.61 trillion in July

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Updated as of Sep 02 07:30 AM

The Philippines’ debt climbed further hitting P11.61 trillion at the end of July, the Bureau of Treasury reported on Wednesday. Read more »

Philippine government's debt hits P11.071 trillion in May

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Posted at Jul 05 03:32 PM

The Philippine government's total outstanding debt stood at P11.071 trillion at the end of May, the Bureau of Treasury said on Monday.  Read more »

BSP chief says Philippines won’t exceed debt thresholds

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 05:03 PM

The Philippines' debt situation is under control and the country will not exceed its borrowing threshold, the head of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Thursday.  Read more »

National govt debt hits P10.77 trillion in March

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Posted at May 03 05:31 PM

The national government’s total outstanding debt rose to P10.77 trillion as of end-March 2021, the Bureau of Treasury said on Monday.  Read more »

PH debt hits P10.4 trillion at end of February

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Posted at Mar 29 04:39 PM

The Philippine government’s total outstanding debt rose to over P10.4 trillion at the end of February, the Bureau of Treasury said on Monday. Read more »

Government debt hits P10.13 trillion in end-November

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Posted at Jan 06 04:36 PM

Since January last year, domestic debt has increased by P2.06 trillion or 40.3 percent, while foreign debt increased by P338.44 billion or 13 percent. Read more »

PH debt breaches P10-T mark in end-October

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Updated as of Dec 04 04:38 PM

The national government's total outstanding debt reached P10.03 trillion at the end of October, the Bureau of Treasury said on Friday. Read more »

PH debt hits P9.16 trillion in July, as gov't borrowings continue to rise

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Posted at Sep 02 10:10 PM

This was higher by P1.36 trillion or 17.4 percent compared to the same month last year, and P1.43 trillion or 18.5 percent higher than at the end of December 2019. Read more »

Philippines' debt rises to P8.6 trillion in April

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Posted at Jun 03 05:52 PM

This was 10.4 percent higher than the P7.787 trillion debt posted in April 2019, and 1.5 percent higher than the P8.477 trillion posted in March.   Read more »