The country’s economic managers are projecting a narrower government budget deficit this year as they revised downward their revenue and expenditure program.

Based on the Development Budget Coordination Committee’s (DBCC) medium-term fiscal program, the budget shortfall for 2019 is seen to hit P610 billion, or 3.2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

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