Paghikayat sa mamumuhunan kailangan sa increased economic activities – PBBM

Paghikayat sa mamumuhunan kailangan sa increased economic activities – PBBM

January 27, 2023 @ 5:59 PM 2 months ago


MANILA, Philippines – Nagpahayag nang labis na kasiyahan si Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa 7.6 % annual growth ng Pilipinas para sa taong 2022.

Binigyang diin ng Pangulo na ang major thrust ng kanyang administrasyon ay ang makapanghikayat ng foreign investments para mapanatili ang growth rate at development ng bansa.

“We are happy to receive the news that our growth rate for the year 2022 exceeded all expectations even by the estimates of the international financing institutions and we are holding at 7.6 percent,” ayon sa Pangulo sa isang kalatas.

“However, for 2023, we still have the problem of inflation which means there is still a problem of certain sectors of society and of the economy, [who] have yet to enjoy the benefits of that growth. And that’s why inflation is something that we are attending to,” dagdag na wika ng Pangulo.

Umaasa naman ang kanyang administrasyon na sa pagtatapos ng 2nd quarter, ang inflation rates, lalo na para sa agricultural products ay bababa.

Kumpiyansa namang ipinahayag ng Punong Ehekutibo na ang inflation rate ay bababa ng 4% sa 3rd o 4th quarter ng taong kasalukuyan base na rin sa pagtataya ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

“We must maintain, however, that growth rate and that is why it has become so important for us to go out and to attract investment into the Philippines because that is the only way for economic activity to increase and therefore to grow the economy,” ayon kay Pangulong Marcos.

“So I think that we are headed in the right direction. We still have some interventions that we will have to apply. But nonetheless, we are weathering the shocks on the international economic situation and we are starting to see that the economy is moving in the correct direction,” ang paliwanag ng Pangulo.

Nauna rito, iniulat naman ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) na ang Pilipinas ay nakapagtala ng 7.6 percent full-year growth noong 2022, pinakamataas sa loob ng 46 taon simula ng makapagtala ang bansa ng 8.8% growth noong 1976.

“The Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth of 7.2 percent in the 4th quarter of 2022, resulting in a 7.6 percent full-year growth,” ayon sa report ng PSA.

Ayon sa PSA, kabilang sa main contributors sa 4th quarter 2022 growth ay ang wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 8.7 percent; financial and insurance activities, 9.8 percent; and manufacturing, 4.2 percent.”

“Among the major economic sectors, Industry and Services posted positive growths in the 4th quarter of 2022 with 4.8 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively,” ayon sa PSA.

“The industries which contributed the most to the annual growth were: wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 8.7 percent; Manufacturing, 5.0 percent; and Construction, 12.7 percent,” ayon pa rin sa PSA. Kris Jose