Bureau of Treasury(BTr)

April 11, 2018 Dear Vanessa Vergara, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 16, 2018 10:48:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Earliest data for Public sector debt. Particularly: 1) Total Outstanding Public debt for both Domestic and Foreign from 1971-1986 2) GDP Growth rate from 1971-2017 3) Government Primary balance and Expenditure from 1971-2017 Response to Request Your FOI request is partially approved. Enclose is a copy of some of the information you requested pertaining to Revenues and Expenditures (including Interest Payments) from 1950-2017. Note that recorded Interest Payments only started in 1976. The other information requested are not generated by the Treasury and can be sourced from the concerned agencies, particularly NEDA/Phil Statistics Authority (GDP) and DOF (Public Sector Debt). In case you need National Government (Central) debt, I am enclosing data for the period 1976-2017. Should you have other queries, you may call our statistics division at (02) 663 2287 loc 2800 or email [email protected].] Thank you. Respectfully, Robert Dominick Mariano FOI Receiving Officer Bureau of the Treasury Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Deputy Treasurer Sharon P. Almanza ([email protected]). Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).