Kishan Reddy charged that the Congress and the DMK have been following cheap vote bank politics to misguide people on the new ...

Elon Musk recently stated that “rich people” should “be caring more” about federal deficits because “if the ship of America ...

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (NG) debt service payments surged to P2.02 trillion in 2024 as both interest and amortization payments increased, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. Data from the Treasury ...

Interest payments on domestic debt alone jumped 2.6 times to Sh325.7 billion and accounted for the increase in debt service ...

Countries with sustained fiscal deficits often finance their budget shortfalls through external borrowing, increasing foreign ...

As the national government settled a record P2.020 trillion in debt obligations in 2024, an economist warned that ballooning debt payments could push the Philippines towards a financial crisis. Latest ...

Not just in terms of health care costs — obesity can lead to diabetes, heart disease and cancer — but in productivity as well ...

The Philippines’s external debt reached an all-time high of $137.63 billion by end-December 2024, as the government and the private sector borrowed more to meet their liquidity requirements, according ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ outstanding external debt rose by nearly 10% year on year as of end-2024, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

In an audit of the federal government’s finances, budget watcher Chris Richardson warned projections for spending restraint ...

Congressional Republicans, under pressure to move forward on President Donald Trump's tax cut and border security agenda, are ...

A report by this daily quoted a finance ministry official who explained that the power subsidy increase is being considered ...