Electronic fund transfers via the PESONet and InstaPay nearly touched P10 trillion last year, jumping by 37.3 percent to hit P9.94 trillion from P7.24 trillion in 2021.
Although this reversed the net outflow of $574.5 million recorded in 2021, the net inflow was way below the revised $3.5 billion target set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The Philippine economy expanded in 2022 by 7.6 percent, exceeding the government’s target and thus far the fastest growth among emerging Asian economies, helped by strong consumer consumption amid a so-called “revenge spending” and a robust services sector.
The government has retained the projected local output growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) at 7.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022, according to National Statistician Dennis Mapa.