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Dissecting Data: Foreign direct investments fall in first half

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Posted at Sep 11 04:25 PM

Foreign direct investments declined in the January to June period compared to the same period in 2018. At $3.58 billion, the first half haul was valued lower compared to the first 6 months of 2017. Read more »

House OKs changes to Foreign Investments Act

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Updated as of Sep 09 09:33 PM

Lawmakers in the lower house of Congress have approved amendments to a law governing foreign investments in the Philippines. Read more »

Policy uncertainties seen as culprit in slowdown of FDI inflows to PH

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Updated as of Aug 28 06:08 AM

Both government officials and economists agreed the quick passage of the country's second set of tax reforms would help bring back foreign direct investments. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Foreign Direct Investments in PH underperform in first 5 months of 2019

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Posted at Aug 15 07:37 PM

The Philippines is still trailing behind its neighbors when it comes to foreign direct investments. Read more »

PH foreign direct investment inflows slow down in May

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Posted at Aug 13 11:51 PM

Foreign direct investment inflows slow down in May.  Read more »

Economic indicators 3 years into Duterte presidency

Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 09:45 PM

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.6 percent for the first quarter of 2019 was the lowest in 4 years, since the first quarter of 2015's 5.1 percent. It ended the 15 consecutive quarters of at least 6 percent growth. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Philippine economy under Duterte

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Posted at Jul 19 04:51 PM

How did the country's economy perform under 3 years of President Rodrigo Duterte in terms of foreign direct investment, gross domestic product growth and employment? Read more »

FDI net inflows down 11.8 percent in April

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Updated as of Jul 10 05:01 PM

The Philippines booked $961 million in net inflows of foreign direct investments in April, down 11.8 percent from the same month a year ago.  Read more »

Net inflows of foreign direct investments fell in first quarter

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Posted at Jun 10 05:35 PM

Net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the Philippines fell in the first three months of the year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Monday.  Read more »

PH posts balance of payments surplus in April

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 »