Total external trade in goods for the first six months of 2000 went up by 6.6 percent to $32.952 billion from $30.919 billion in 1999. Merchandise exports valued at $17.616 billion posted an 11.5 percent increase from $15.802 billion last year while…

Year-on-year inflation rate went up to 4.2 percent in July from 3.9 percent in June. Inflation rate a year ago was 5.7 percent.

Total receipts for the first semester of the year posted an 11.5 percent increase to $17.616 billion from $15.802 billion in 1999. For the month of June, total receipts sparked by electronics and components rose by 19.4 percent to $3.410 billion…

After losing steam since December 1999, manufacturing output perked up in May 2000 as its value of production index (VaPI) increased by 20.6 percent and its volume of production index (VoPI) by 12.3 percent according to the preliminary results of…

Total trade in goods for January to May 2000 amounted to $27.047 billion which was 6.5 percent higher than $25.391 billion last year. Payments for merchandise imports rose by 3.2 percent to $12.841 billion from $12.445 billion in 1999. On the other…

Year-on-year inflation slowed down to 3.9 percent in June from 4.1 percent in May. Inflation a year ago was 5.7 percent. Slowdown in inflation for services and food has brought about the deceleration of inflation rate.

Valued at $14.206 billion, total receipts for the first five months of the year posted a 9.7 percent increase from $12.945 billion in 1999. For May, total receipts grew by 6.7 percent to $2.931 billion from $2.747 billion during the same month last…

Persons aged 15 years old and over in April 2000 increased by 2.6 percent compared to last year. However, the labor force in April 2000 decreased by 1.7 percent, notably in Mindanao.

Total trade in goods for January to April 2000 amounted to $21.679 billion which was 7.8 percent higher than $20.110 billion last year. Imports for the first four months of the year rose by 5.0 percent to $10.404 billion from $9.912 billion. On the…

Year-on-year inflation rate went up to 4.1 percent in May 2000 from 3.7 percent in April. Inflation rate a year ago was 6.6 percent.