Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) plunged 20 percent month-on-month in April, the lowest amount of remittances in 15 months, driven by the Saudi Arabian Amnesty program and the depreciation of major host countries’ currencies against the US dollar, official data showed on Thursday.
Despite the drop, analysts remained optimistic that remittances will continue to be resilient this year.
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