MANILA - Government spending, which expanded by 0.7 percent year-on-year last July, is expected to post faster growth in the coming months and boost economic recovery. Citing Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data, the September 2021 issue of Market Call attributed the minute growth in government spending last July to government agencies' focus on finalizing their proposed 2022 budget with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). "We expect NG (national government) spending to significantly pick up pace in the coming months with the Presidential elections in May 2022 only some nine months away," said Market Call, the joint publication of First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC) and University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P). BTr data show that state expenditures posted faster growth of 34.20 percent year-on-year last August, while it jumped by 10.94 percent year-on-year in the first eight months this year. As of end-August this year, government expenditures reached P