This April 26, 2020 file photo shows the name of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila. (Photo by Enrique Agcaoili)
The country’s outstanding external debt ballooned to $87.45 billion in the second quarter of the year, accelerating from amounts recorded at end-March and a year earlier, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced on Friday.