Firms in the Philippines are seen expanding their businesses in the third quarter of the current year, despite challenges such as competition and weak demand in the previous quarter, according to the results of the Second Quarter Business Expectations Survey (BES) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The latest BES showed that the percentage of businesses with expansion plans for the next quarter remained broadly steady at 28.7 percent.

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