The central bank revealed on Tuesday (September 15) that personal remittances grew by an annualized 0.5 percent to $2.3 billion last July, in contrast to the comparable 7.3 percent increase logged during the same month last year.
Such funds from land-based workers with contract of one year or more grew by 5.4 percent, while those from sea-based and land-based workers with contracts of less than a year rose by 2.9 percent. On a cumulative basis, personal remittance for the first seven months of the year reached $15.7 billion, equivalent to a year-on-year growth go 4.6 percent.
Cash remittances from OFs coursed through banks increased by an annualized 0.5 percent to $2.1 billion, bringing the January to July total to $14.2 billion. The January to July total is 4.8 percent higher than the $13.5 billion notched during the same period last year.
According to the BSP, the bulk of such funds came from the U.S., the U.A.E., the U.K., Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Canada.
Citing figures from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the central bank noted that total job orders reached 526,345, and that 38.7 percent of which has been processed. Most jobs were intended mainly for service, production, and professional, technical and related workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Taiwan, and the U.A.E.
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