THE national government reduced its debt payments in August compared to a year ago, Bureau of the Treasury data showed.

At P186.22 billion, debt servicing for the month was 1.5 percent lower than the year-earlier P189.03 billion. It was, however, significantly higher than the P81.17 billion recorded in July.

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