THE Philippines continues to enjoy fiscal stability despite the wider-than-programmed budget deficit by the national government last year, Moody’s Investors Service said.

In a report released late on Wednesday, the credit ratings agency took note of the national government's full-year fiscal performance for 2018, showing the budget deficit widening to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product from 2.2 percent in 2017.

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