budget

Infra spending dipped in Oct but may still hit ’24 goal

Infrastructure spending grew at a slower pace in October following the onslaught of powerful typhoons…

PH fiscal position swings to deficit

The government’s fiscal position reverted to a deficit in November to post its largest budget…

Gov’t unveils P629-B domestic borrowing plan for Q1 2025

The Marcos administration plans to borrow P629 billion from local creditors in the first quarter…

Canberra spends its way to bigger budget deficits

SYDNEY — Australia’s government on Wednesday trimmed its likely budget deficit for the current fiscal…

Gov’t back to fiscal surplus in October

A double-digit revenue growth helped swing the government’s budget position back to a surplus in…

State agencies improve use of budget

The rate at which government agencies use their cash improved to 99 percent in the…

Econ team might raise gov’t targets thru 2028

The interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) is eyeing to revise the government’s targets upward…

Think tank sees wider budget deficit for PH in 2025

Despite the Marcos administration’s initiatives to manage its deficit levels, the Philippines’ budget gap is…

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Sustained GDP growth in the next four years can reduce debt’

(Second of three parts) Senate President Francis Escudero shares the view of economic managers that…

Gov’t expects to breach P1.48T budget deficit cap this year

The government is likely to breach its budget deficit limit by about 3.4 percent this…