Actual FDI in the BOP for July to August 2009 reached US$ 383.0 million, 3.0 percent higher than last year’s net FDI inflow of US$ 372.0 million.  FDI for the first eight months of 2009 recorded a net inflow of US$ 1.3 billion, expanding by 30.5 percent from US$ 0.98 billion registered in the same period last year

The combined approved investments of Filipino and foreign nationals in the third quarter of 2009 totaled PhP 30.7 billion, 68.4 percent lower than the PhP 97.3 billion registered in the same period last year. Pledges from Filipino nationals stood at PhP 20.3 billion which accounted for 66.2 percent of the total approved investments in the quarter

Total projects approved by the four major IPAs for the third quarter are expected to create 19,638 jobs, lower by 36.8 percent than last year’s projected employment of 31,076 jobs.  Out of these total expected jobs, 14,198 jobs would come from investments with foreign interest, 40.8 percent lower than last year’s 23,977 projected jobs

The country continued to benefit from investment pledges in information and communications technology (ICT) by both Filipino and foreign nationals as investment commitments in the sector continued to come in.  Investments in ICT increased by 6.4 percent from PhP 2.6 billion to PhP 2.8 billion in Q3 2009