Gov't debt payments plummet 46% in first four months of 2025

Gov't debt payments plummet 46% in first four months of 2025

Despite a sharp increase in the national government’s debt payments in April, over half a trillion pesos was trimmed from total payments in the first four months of the year, leading to a 45.7 percent decline by end-April.Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that the Marcos administration’s total debt financing only amounted to ₱622.9 billion from January to April, a decline of ₱524 billion compared to the ₱1.15 trillion recorded in…