Foreign investment falls in Sept, but 9-mth up 25.3%

Year-to-date tally surpasses full-year 2015 level

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Philippines plummeted in September from a year earlier and from August this year, with the inflow of equity capital down 77 percent year-on-year and investments in debt instruments down 66.3 percent, both leading declines across the board.