THE national government's budget deficit narrowed in November from a year earlier as revenue growth outpaced that for expenditures, Finance department data showed on Wednesday.

At P123.9 billion, last month's shortfall was P4.8 billion or 3.71 percent lower compared to the year-earlier P128.7 billion.

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