The Pacquiao Fight Day Effect on Economy and PSEi

Everyone of us knows that the only sport event that could clear streets in almost part of the Philippines is a Pacquiao Fight. Aside from clearing the streets, malls have lesser traffic, prompting cinemas to offer the bout instead during actual fight time. The same can be said as a marketing strategy by bigger restaurants that can afford pay per view to draw eating and drinking crowds.  Other effects include electricity usage going up, and crime rate is almost  zero.


Did you know also that 8 out of the last 13 fights of Pacquiao the PSEi went up after the fight. See below table: