The government is not planning to embark on a spending blowout amid uncertainties over pending tax reform proposals, economic managers said on Tuesday.
“The deficit is cast in stone. We will not prejudice the entire economy by exceeding 3 percent or around that area,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said during an Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) forum.
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