OUTSTANDING government debt expanded by 6.6 percent in March from the year-earlier level as the government continued to rely on borrowing to fund its Yolanda rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.

Data from the Bureau of Treasury showed that the government’s outstanding debt stood at P5.63 trillion as of end-March, up P346.95 billion from the P5.28 trillion recorded a year earlier.

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