BusinessWorld E-paper
August 15, 2025
FOREIGN INVESTMENT pledges plunged by 64.4% in the second quarter as investor sentiment turned cautious amid heightened global uncertainty driven by flipflopping US tariff policies.
Preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
showed the value of foreign commitments approved by investment
promotion agencies (IPAs) reached P67.38 billion in the April-to-June period, down from the revised P189.5 billion in same period in 2024.
