BUSINESSES have become more upbeat about the economy and their prospects, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Thursday, with measures for the first and second quarter of 2023, and the next 12 months all improving from three months earlier.

"This means that the percentage of optimists increased and outweighed the percentage of pessimists during the reference periods," the BSP said in a statement.

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