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PH posts balance of payments surplus in April

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 03:19 PM

The Philippines posted a balance of payments surplus of $467 million in April, reversing a $270 million deficit posted in the same month last year.  Read more »

FDI net inflows up 20.2 percent in February to $746 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:08 PM

The FDI net inflows reached $746 million, bringing the total for the first 2 months of the year to $1.4 billion, data from the BSP showed. Read more »

FDI net inflows lower in January

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 03:28 PM

The Philippines booked $609 million in net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) in January, down 38.2 percent from the same month last year, according to central bank data. Read more »

Diokno on decline in FDI inflows: 'Nothing to worry about'

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 11:45 AM

At $9.8 billion, net FDI inflows in 2018 are still close to the $10.3 billion posted in the previous year and twice the annual levels under previous governments, Diokno said. Read more »

FDI net inflows down 4.8 pct in December

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:53 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) reached $677 million in December last year, which was lower by 4.8 percent compared to the previous period.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: FDI net inflows slow for 4th straight month in November

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:57 PM

The net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the Philippines in the first 11 months of 2018 went down by 3.2 percent. Read more »

FDI net inflows down 45.9 pct in November

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 11:58 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the decline was due largely to the drop in net investments in debt instruments. Read more »

PH books $8.5 billion FDI net inflows from Jan-Oct 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 04:28 PM

Net inflows of foreign direct investments in the Philippines reached $8.5 billion from January to October last year, 1.8 percent higher than same period in 2017.  Read more »

European businessman shares 2019 investment outlook for Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 06:26 PM

In this interview with ANC's Market Edge, European businessman Guenter Taus shares what he thinks will be in store for the Philippines in 2019 in terms of investments. Read more »

BY THE NUMBERS: Diokno and FDI, what really happened?

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics Group
Updated as of Nov 14 09:18 PM

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said at his weekly media briefing today that there's a simple explanation to the decline in the net inflows of foreign direct investments or FDIs last August. Read more »

Foreign direct investments up from Jan-Aug: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 10:57 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said FDI net inflows reached $7.4 billion from January to August, which was 31 percent higher than the $5.7 billion net inflows registered in the same period last year. Read more »

Pernia sees 'some impact' with easing of foreign ownership limits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 12:13 PM

An executive order easing restrictions on foreign participation will have "some impact" but may not be enough to boost the economy, Socioeconomic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said Wednesday. Read more »

Foreign direct investments reach $914-M in July, up 165 pct: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 08:20 PM

Foreign direct investments rose significantly last July to US$914 million, up 165.5 percent from the $344 million posted in the same month last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Wednesday.   Read more »

Dissecting Data: FDIs on track to reach record in 2018

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 12:08 AM

FDIs are on track to reach a record this year. Read more »

FDI net inflows up 42.4 percent in first half: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 10:11 PM

The BSP said FDI net inflows reached $5.76 billion from January to June this year compared to $4.04 billion in the first six months of 2017. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Tracking foreign direct investment flows

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Aug 16 12:10 PM

Total foreign investments approved in the first quarter of 2018 by investment promotion agencies (IPAs) amounted to P14.2 billion, a contraction of nearly 38 percent compared to the P22.9 billion approved during the same period last year.   Read more »

FDI net inflows up 43.5 pct in first quarter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 07:52 PM

This brought the total FDI net inflow in the first three months of the year to $2.2 billion. Read more »

BSP, tiwala pa rin sa pagpasok ng dayuhang puhunan sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 02:06 AM

Bumaba man ang bilang ng pumasok na foreign direct investment sa bansa, naniniwala pa rin ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas na makakahabol pa ito bago matapos ang taon.  Read more »

Puhunan mula sa dayuhang negosyante, bumaba

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 02:02 AM

Bumaba ang perang ipinasok sa Pilipinas ng mga dayuhang negosyante. Ito'y sa kabila ng P400 milyon gastos ni Pangulong Duterte para sa 17 foreign trips na humihikayat sa mga dayuhang mamuhunan.  Read more »

Foreign direct investments down in July

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 12:24 AM

MANILA - Net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) totaled $307 million in July 2017, 38 percent lower than the $493 million booked in the same month last year, the central bank said Tuesday. Read more »