Malacañang on Monday urged investors to pour in more investments following the Business Expectations Survey (BES) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), showing a higher confidence index (CI) during the second quarter of 2025.

Presidential Communications Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro made the pitch during a press briefing in Malacañang when asked about the BES survey.

The BES survey showed that business firms are more upbeat, with the overall CI increasing to 45.4 percent from 40.3 percent in the last quarter of 2024.

“That’s good news. Maganda pong pangitain po iyan, maganda po na nakikita po na dumadami pa rin po ang may tiwala sa ating pamahalaan, sa ating administrasyon para ang mga investors po ay maglaan ng kanilang mga investment sa ating bansa,” Castro said.

“The administration will try its best to maintain the status or to be better than that so that we can encourage more investors to invest in our country,” Castro said.

As confidence levels improved, the Philippines’ business turned more optimistic for the second quarter. At the same time, optimism for the next 12 months remained steady, according to a report from the BSP survey.

For the next 12 months, the BSP said the business outlook remained buoyant, with the overall CI holding steady at 56.4 percent, unchanged from the fourth quarter 2024 survey. | PND