LOWER revenues amid the acceleration in government spending resulted in a wider national government budget deficit in March, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed on Tuesday.

The BTr’s cash operations report revealed that P191.4-billion shortfall in March was wider than the P71.6-billion and P116-billion fiscal gaps a year and a month ago.

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