FOREIGN direct investments (FDI) to the Philippines fell in the first seven months of the year amid concerns over the Europe’s debt problems and a stalled recovery in the US.
In a statement, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said FDI recorded net inflows of $26 million last July, an 88.3-percent drop from last year.
The July figure brought the first seven-month FDI to net inflows of $805 million, or 9.7 percent lower than last year’s $891 million.
Gross equity capital placements at end-July declined to $289 million from last year’s $345 million.
Investments mostly came from the US, Japan, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, and Singapore, and were channeled mainly to real estate, manufacturing, mining and quarrying, utilities, and the wholesale and retail trade sectors. Reinvested earnings amounted to $248 million, or 7.8 percent higher than the figure recorded in first seven months of 2010, as foreign enterprises opted to retain their earnings in local corporations in light of the country’s improving business sentiment.
The other capital account—which consists largely of inter-company borrowing/lending between foreign direct investors and their subsidiaries/affiliates in the Philippines—also registered net inflows of $321 million, largely on account of trade credits extended by affiliates abroad.
This account however suffered a 38.3 percent decline from the $520 million net inflows in 2010.
FDI represents money invested by foreigners in the Philippines to put up new businesses or expand existing ones, and as such creates jobs. –Manila Times
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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