THE government's budget balance returned to a surplus in January, the Bureau of the Treasury reported on Tuesday, as strong revenue growth made up for increased spending.

The P68.4-billion surplus — from revenues of P467.1 billion and expenditures of P398.8 billion — was a turnabout from December's P329.5-billion shortfall.

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