Net foreign direct investments (FDI) hit a 16-month high in August but reckoned from January these were still lower compared to last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday.

At $1.20 billion, August’s net inflow was 70 percent higher year on year and was also the biggest since April 2016’s $2.24 billion.

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