OUTSTANDING debt of the national government rose to P5.8 trillion in March, up 2.8 percent or P159 billion from a year earlier as domestic obligations increased, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Thursday.

Compared with the previous month, the end-March government debt reflected an increase of 0.5 percent or P30.59 billion.

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