Foreign direct investments (FDI) in the Philippines posted their steepest decline in six months in August-the first month that higher US tariffs took effect-according to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
FDI inflows beat outflows by $494 million, still a net gain, according to the BSP.
Even so, it marked a 40.5-percent slump from a year ago, when net inflow was at $830 million. Figures showed it was the worst year-on-year contraction since February 2025’s 56.2-percent decline.
This brought the eight-month tally to a $5.18 billion net inflow, 22.5 percent lower than during the same period last year.
The BSP forecasts a net gain of $7.5 billion for 2025.