Marcos hikes 2024 borrowing plan by 4.47%


Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — AFP

MANILA: The Marcos administration is hiking its borrowing plan for this year to 2.57 trillion pesos, as it also expects to plug a bigger budget deficit than it previously projected.

This is 4.47% higher than the previous 2024 borrowing programme of 2.46 trillion pesos, figures released on Monday by the Finance Department (DoF) showed.

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