Pinoy Politics

03/10/2026

14/09/2026

19 TRILYONG PISO NA UTANG NG PILIPINAS, TINAWAG NA 'NUMBERS IN THE AIR' NI PANGULONG MARCOS JR.

Iginiit ni Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. na maituturing lamang na numero sa hangin ang P19-T na utang ng Pilipinas kung titingnan ang Debt-to-GDP ratio ng Pilipinas.

Sa isang press briefing, sinabi ni Marcos Jr. na dapat ay tinitingnan din, maliban sa utang ng bansa, ang assets ng bansa.

"When you look at debt and you say it's X trillion dollars, it's just a number in the air, it doesn't mean anything," ani Marcos Jr.

"I always remind people, a balance sheet has two sides to it: there is the asset side, and there's the liability side. If you're going to look at the liability side which is essentially kung ano 'yung utang mo, tignan mo rin 'yung asset," dagdag pa niya.

Ibinahagi rin ni Marcos Jr. na kung titingnan ay mas maganda pa ang Debt-to-GDP ratio ng Pilipinas kaysa sa ibang bansa.

"We are healthier than many other economies," aniya.