THE peso's depreciation has weighed on the national government's (NG) outstanding debt, which hit P15.02 trillion in April.

Some P91.5 billion was added to the debt tally — up from P14.92 trillion in March and now P1.1 trillion more than it was a year earlier and P401 billion higher reckoned from the start of the 2024 — but it was still lower than the record P15.18 trillion posted in February.

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