THE government's budget deficit widened to P273.3 billion in September as spending outpaced revenue collections, the Bureau of the Treasury reported on Thursday.

It significantly increased from August's P54.2-billion shortfall, was also higher than the year-earlier P250.9 billion, and brought the year-to-date deficit to P970.2 billion.

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