00:00Foreign direct investment, or FDI, inflows reached $813 million in August, down 14.5%
00:08from $951 million in the same period last year.
00:12The decline was mainly due to a 21.6% drop in investments in debt instruments and a 9.4%
00:20decrease in reinvested earnings.
00:23However, equity capital investments grew by 83.6%, reaching $66 million mostly from Japan
00:31and the United States, and focused on manufacturing, real estate, and electricity sectors.
00:37From January to August 2024, FDI inflows increased by 3.9%, totaling to $6.1 billion, compared
00:46to $5.8 billion in the same period in 2023.
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