BusinessWorld E-paper
January 18, 2022
FOREIGN DIRECT investments (FDI) to the Philippines could get a boost after national and local elections in May, as the policy directions of the new administration become clearer, analysts said.
“Maybe FDI begins to pick up after the election… It’s been fairly subdued in terms of interest from foreigners, the way that I see it through the data,” Paul Mackel, Global Head for Foreign Exchange Research at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) Global Banking and Markets, said at a virtual briefing on Monday.
