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The Philippines’ external debt service burden declined by 34.8 percent to $1.59 billion as of end-February 2025 from $2.44 billion in the same period in 2024, data from the central bank showed. The latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the decline in the country’s...

  Double-digit increases in both principal and interest payments drove the Philippines’ external debt service burden up by $2.31 billion in 2024, reaching $17.16 billion. According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), it reflects a nearly 16 percent increase from $14.85 billion in the...

The country’s external debt service burden as of April totaled $4.64 billion, 19.79 percent lower compared to the same time last year of $5.785 billion, with fewer prepayments from the public and private sectors. The debt service burden, which represents both principal and interest payments after...

The country’s external debt service burden rose by 21.6 percent to $5.93 billion as of end-July from $4.88 billion in the same time in 2020, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data. External debt principal payments increased by 37.39 percent year-on-year to $4.47 billion from $3.25...

The central bank-monitored external debt service burden continued its decline, it fell by 15.49 percent year-on-year as of end-November 2020 to $6.452 billion from $7.635 billion. Based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data, principal payments totaled $4.385 billion, down by 8.53 percent from...