MANILA – Net international direct investments (FDIs) in November 2022 stood at USD793 million, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Friday.
The central financial institution stated web FDI inflows final November declined by 43.6 p.c from USD1.4 billion web inflows in the identical month in 2021.
“This resulted from the drop in non-residents’ net investments in debt instruments and reinvestment of earnings. Meanwhile, net placements of equity capital rose year-on-year for the third consecutive month,” the BSP stated in an announcement.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) economist Michael Ricafort stated the drop in web inflows could also be attributed to greater base results in November 2021, when urge for food for investments went again after the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
“The slowdown in the net FDI data may also have to do with higher short-term interest rates and the peak in long-term interest rates in the United States/globally/locally around October-November 2022,” Ricafort stated, including these developments elevated borrowing prices.
He added the doable recession within the US additionally dragged the funding actions on the latter a part of 2022.
Further, the BSP reported that prime sources of fairness capital placements in November 2022 embrace Japan, Singapore and the US.
Top sectors with fairness capital placements for the month embrace manufacturing, data and communication, and actual property industries.
“The year-to-date FDI net inflows likewise declined by 13.4 percent to USD8.4 billion from the USD9.7 billion recorded in the first eleven months of 2021. By component, non-residents’ net investments in debt instrument and reinvestment of earnings declined while their net placements of equity capital increased during the period,” the central financial institution stated.
Meanwhile, RCBC’s Ricafort stated the current international journeys of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., together with his five-day official working go to to Japan this week, posed optimistic prospects for the nation’s FDI inflows sooner or later.
“Investment commitments, especially if realized/monetized, from the various foreign trips by the new administration could also help generate more investments (FDIs), jobs/employment, infrastructure spending/projects, trade (exports and imports), foreign tourism, and business/economic opportunities that add to the overall economic/GDP growth and development, as well as support higher investment valuations, thereby also supporting sentiment on the local financial markets,” Ricafort added. (PNA)