THE government's budget balance returned to a deficit in May even as revenues continued to outpace expenditures, the Bureau of the Treasury reported on Thursday.

The government had recorded a P4.9-billion surplus in April, which the Treasury then attributed to "faster year-on-year" revenue growth and a "marginal" increase in spending.

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