The national government’s outstanding debt rose 1.3 percent from a year earlier, reaching P5.713 trillion in August on the back of increased domestic borrowings, data from the Bureau of Treasury showed on Wednesday.

The August debt level was P71 billion higher than the P5.642 trillion figure a year earlier.

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