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NET foreign direct investments (FDI) plunged in March, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported on Tuesday, dropping by 30.7 percent to $548 million from $792 million a year earlier.
In a briefing on Friday, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported the results of a nationwide survey of 44,017 households showed there were 2.26 million Filipinos who were either jobless or out of business in April, lower than 2.42 million unemployed persons tallied in March.