Manila, March 31 -- Malacanang expressed optimism on Monday about the Philippine business confidence outlook for the second quarter of 2025, following a report from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) indicating improved business sentiment.

In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro welcomed the findings of the BSP's latest Business Expectations Survey (BES), which projected business sentiment to increase for the second quarter of the year, with the overall confidence index (CI) rising to 45.4 percent from 40.3 percent in the last quarter of 2024.

"That's good news... Maganda pong pangitain po iyan, maganda po na nakikita po na dumadami pa rin po ang may tiwala sa ating pamahalaan, sa ating administrasyon para ang mga in...