Foreign Direct Investments

11 Apr 2025

3:59PM

QUICK LOOK: January FDI inflows drop 20% as foreign firms cap funding

The decline was largely driven by a 37.7-percent fall in nonresidents’ net investments in debt instruments, which fell to $519 million from $833 million.

11 Mar 2025

5:13AM

QUICK LOOK: PH reports flat long term investment net inflows of $8.9 B for 2024

December inflows, however, dropped sharply to $110 million, down 85.2 percent year-on-year, driven by increased debt repayments by local firms to foreign investors, leading to net outflows in debt instruments.

10 Feb 2025

3:34PM

QUICK LOOK: Long-term investments to the Philippines fell by a fifth in Nov 2024

Despite the November decline, cumulative foreign direct investments for January-November 2024 rose 4.4 percent to $8.6 billion, the central bank said.

12 Nov 2024

8:00AM

Long-term investments flow into PH dipped in August but hit $6.1B in first eight months

While foreign companies' lending to their local subsidiaries is seeing constraints, there is notable interest in equity capital investments, especially from key partners. This highlights an ongoing diversification in foreign investment sources and the potential for sustained sectoral growth.

13 Aug 2024

11:13AM

Equity capital inflows dropped 31.7% in May, leading to flat FDI growth

The BSP said this decrease was due mainly yo to a sharp 31.7% drop in net investments in equity capital from overseas, which fell to $161 million from $235 million in the same month last year.

10 Jul 2024

4:58PM

Long term inflows to PH declined April as foreign firms slash lending to local units

Foreigners lent significantly less funds to long term local borrowers in April, while they also invested slightly lower amounts into their Philippine operations during the same period, according to the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.