The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that business sentiment was 鈥渓ess bullish鈥 in the first quarter. The confidence index for businesses eased slightly to 33.1% in the first quarter from 35.9% a quarter ago. Read the full story.聽/top-stories/2024/04/12/587690/filipino-consumers-were-less-pessimistic-in-q1-bsp-survey/.