THE government's budget balance reversed to a surplus in October after five straight months of shortfall as revenues outpaced spending, the Bureau of Treasury reported on Wednesday.

The P6.3-billion surplus — from revenues of P473.1 billion and expenditures of P466.8 billion — was a turnaround from September's P273.3 billion deficit and last year's P34.4 billion.

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