
Personal Remittances Up by 4.4 Percent YoY in August 2022 YTD Level Reaches US$23.3 Billion
Personal remittances from Overseas Filipinos (OFs) reached US$3.02 billion in August 2022, higher by 4.4 percent than the US$2.89 billion posted in the same month last year. This resulted in the cumulative personal remittances rising by 3.0 percent to US$23.34 billion in the first eight months of 2022 from US$22.67 billion registered in the comparable period in 2021.
The increase in personal remittances in August 2022 was due to remittances sent by 1) land-based workers with work contracts of one year or more, and 2) sea- and land-based workers with work contracts of less than one year.
Similarly, cash remittances coursed through banks grew by 4.3 percent to US$2.72 billion in August 2022 from US$2.61 billion recorded in the same month last year. On a year-to-date basis, cash remittances amounted to US$20.99 billion in January-August 2022, up by 3.0 percent from US$20.38 billion recorded in the same period last year.
The expansion in cash remittances in August 2022 was due to the growth in receipts from land-based and sea-based workers.
In terms of country source, the growth in cash remittances from the United States (US), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Qatar contributed largely to the increase in remittances in the first eight months of 2022.[1]
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