THE outstanding debt of the national government rose to P5.82 trillion in June, up 2.9 percent or P165 billion from a year earlier due to new issues of government securities and the depreciation of the peso, the latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.

Compared with May, government debt in June was up 1.1 percent or P63.47 billion.

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