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Merchandise Export Performance : August 1998

 

Merchandise exports for the first eight months of 1998 grew by 18.9 percent to $19.059 billion from $16.025 billion a year earlier. Total receipts for August 1998 increased by 17.5 percent to $2.652 billion from $2.258 billion last year.
Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries : July 1998

 

These results were based on the interim Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) of the National Statistics Office with the Department of Trade and Industry which will eventually provide flash indicators on the performance of…
External Trade Performance : July 1998

 

Total trade in goods for January to July this year decreased by $13.0 million or 0.04 percent to $34.251 billion from $34.264 billion last year. Revenue from exports increased by 19.2 percent to $16.407 billion from $13.767 billion while expenditure…
1998 PSQ: in perspective

 

1998 The Asian economic crunch dampened solicitations for the conduct of the national finals. Despite these odds, the PSQ managed to have its first online version of the quiz, with support from more than a dozen Internet service providers.…
Philippine Labor Force Survey: July 1998

 

Labor force is 1.5 million less than in April 1998, bringing number of unemployed down by 1.5 million and unemployment rate down from 13.3 percent to 8.9 in July.
Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries : June 1998

 

These results were based on the interim Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) of the National Statistics Office with the Department of Trade and Industry which will eventually provide flash indicators on the performance of…
SUMMARY INFLATION REPORT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX : JULY AND AUGUST 1998

 

The rates for food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) slowed down to 9.7 percent from 10.0 percent; clothing, 8.5 percent from 8.7 percent; and fuel, light and water (FLW), 5.8 percent from 6.2 percent. Other groups registered higher inflation rates in…
Merchandise Export Performance : July 1998

 

Merchandise exports for January to July 1998 grew by 19.1 percent to $16.404 billion from $13.767 billion during the same period in 1997. For the month of July, total earnings reached $2.499 billion, surpassing $2.067 billion last year by 20.9…
Some Findings from the 1998 National Demographic and Health Survey

 

The total fertility rate for the period 1995-97 is 3.7 live births per woman. This represents a 10.0-percent decrease from the 1990-92 level of 4.1 live births per woman. Overall, 46.1 percent of currently married women in the Philippines are…
Some findings from the 1998 National Demographic and Health Survey

 

The total fertility rate for the period 1995-97 is 3.7 live births per woman. This represents a 10.0-percent decrease from the 1990-92 level of 4.1 live births per woman.