Preliminary data show that net foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 40 percent in the month of October. We received only $642 million in net FDI last October, down from the $1.067 billion that flowed in a year earlier. The BSP forecasts that net FDI inflows for 2025 would be $7.5 billion. The emerging consensus, ahead of the official numbers, is that our economy will post a growth rate of between 4.5 and 4.7 percent. This was all along a test of whether the rule of law will prevail over the vagaries of local politics and unbridled zealotry.

Source: Philippine Star January 14, 2026 16:38 UTC