尽管有增长预测,但腐败对洪水项目的调查引发了库存下降、比索下跌和投资者外逃。 Corruption probes into flood projects trigger stock drop, peso decline, and investor flight, despite growth forecasts.

对洪水控制项目的腐败指控引发了股市暴跌,外国投资者拉动了6.84亿美元,比索疲软,而PSE指数今年下降8%以上。 Corruption allegations over flood-control projects have triggered a stock market plunge, with foreign investors pulling $684 million and the peso weakening, while the PSE Index fell over 8% this year. 尽管马科斯总统(Marcos)已建立独立调查机制, 以及即将成立的Maynilad IPO, 但CEORamon Monzon警告说, 目前的不确定性正在破坏投资者的信心。 CEO Ramon Monzon warned ongoing uncertainty is undermining investor confidence, despite President Marcos’s establishment of an independent probe and a pending Maynilad IPO. 自然灾害和政治不稳定加剧了经济压力,尽管大多数经济学家仍然预测2025年的增长率为5.3%至5.7%,其原因是国内需求和出口强劲。 Natural disasters and political instability have compounded economic pressures, though most economists still forecast 5.3%–5.7% growth for 2025, citing strong domestic demand and exports.