THE outstanding debt of the national government rose 2.9 percent or P164 billion year-on-year to P5.85 trillion in July, boosted by higher domestic and foreign obligations, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Tuesday showed.

Compared with June, government debt in July was up 0.5 percent or P31 billion.

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