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The national debt of the Philippines is the total debt, or unpaid borrowed funds, carried by the national government of the Philippines. As of the end of October 2024, the total national debt of the Philippines amounts to ₱15.1889 trillion ($273.9 billion).
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) (formerly known as the Bureau of Census and Statistics) was the Philippine government's major statistical agency responsible for collecting, compiling, classifying, producing, publishing, and disseminating general-purpose statistics. The NSO also had the responsibility of carrying out and administering the ...
Following her election in 2004, the national debt-to-GDP ratio reached a high of 79% in that year, before dropping every year thereafter to 57.5% by 2009, her last full year in office. Lesser roads and bridges and other infrastructure were built during the Arroyo administration compare to the previous three administrations.
The Philippines’ debt went up to more than 200 percent of exports in the period from 1978 to 1991, [1] so more than half the value of the country’s exports went to debt servicing, rather than imports. [1] By contrast, Thailand and Korea, which did not borrow heavily despite the low interest rates of the early 1970s, fared better in the long ...
The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. Economy of the Philippines Metro Manila, the economic center of the Philippines Currency Philippine peso (sign: ₱; code: PHP) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations ADB, AIIB, AFTA, APEC, ASEAN, EAS, G-24, RCEP, WTO and others Country group Developing/Emerging Lower-middle ...
Representation and integration of Filipino women in Philippine politics at the local and national levels had been made possible by legislative measures such as the following: the Local Government Code of 1991, the Party List Law, the Labor Code of 1989, the Women in Nation Building Law (Philippine Republic Act No. 7192 of 1991), the Gender and ...