MANILA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — The foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Philippines fell by 36.2 percent year-on-year in September this year to 368 million U.S. dollars, the Philippine central bank said Tuesday.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) attributed the downturn to the 32.8-percent decline in non-residents’ net investments in debt instruments, which dropped to 277 million dollars from 413 million dol