national debt

Repayments drive dip in government debt stock

The Philippine government’s outstanding debt slightly declined to P18.47 trillion in April as repayments of…

Philippine foreign debt payments jump 31%

The Philippines’ external debt service burden got heavier in the first two months of 2026,…

Treasury bill rates climb

Yields on short-dated local debts of the government snapped three straight weeks of decline during…

BTr: Gov’t debt hit fresh peak of P16.31T in Jan

The government opened 2025 with an outstanding debt that rose to a new record-high of…

SEC to liberalize ‘repo’ market for gov’t debt

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to expand the market for government securities…

PH debt load rose 9.8 percent to P16.05T in ʼ24

The country’s outstanding debt reached 60.7 percent of gross domestic product last year due to…

Gov’t raises P30B from T-bonds

The Marcos administration was able to raise its target amount of longer-dated local debts during…

WATCH: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian discusses the govt’s P15-trillion debt and ways to reduce it

In an exclusive interview with the INQUIRER, Gatchalian cautioned the government against postponing the original…