Dutch financial giant ING expects the Philippine peso to depreciate against the United States (US) dollar in the near term as the US President Donald Trump-led global trade war rages on and the domestic economy weakens."We look for the Singapore dollar and Philippine peso to underperform in a region...
Although recovering from the 11-year-low inflows in December last year, foreign-led brick-and-mortar investments at the start of 2025 declined by 20 percent to $731 million, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).The latest BSP data released on Thursday, April 10, showed that foreign...
Foreign investments in the Philippines surged in September, nearly doubling compared to August and reversing the trend of money flowing out of the country recorded last year.Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows reached $1.03 billion...
The Philippines has slipped by one notch in terms of attractiveness to foreign investors among emerging economies, according to a report by global consultancy firm Kearney. In Kearney's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index for emerging markets, the Philippines now holds...
Foreign investment pledges more than doubled in the last quarter of last year, with the energy industry accounting for the majority of the investments, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.Based on the PSA report, total foreign investments approved by investment promotion...
Now is the time to end 36 years of poverty by easing the 1987 Constitution's limitations on Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla said Thursday, March 2.
Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla presides over the continuation of the hearing of the Committee on Constitutional...
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) in South East Asia in the first semester of 2020 contracted by 20 percent, but the Philippines is one of only two exceptions that bucked the investment trend with its FDI inflows rising 20 percent, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...