Labor force population in January 2002 was 4.4% higher than the estimate of 31.7 million a year ago. Labor force participation rate, likewise, increased to 66.4% from 65.5%.

Biliran, the island province of Eastern Visayas, had steadily grown to 140,274 persons based on the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. It registered an increase of 8,065 persons from 132,209 persons five years ago. This translated to an annual…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR in February remained at its January level of 147.1.

Year-on-year inflation further decelerated to 3.4 percent in February from 3.8 percent in January. This was brought about by the slowdown in the inflation rates of all the commodity groups except for clothing. Inflation a year ago was 6.7 percent.

Aggregate receipt for January 2002 from the country's merchandise exports declined by 9.0 percent to $2.630 billion from $2.889 billion during the same period in 2001.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) follows a downtrend both in the 1994 and 1985-based series The Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry in December 2001 declined by 0.1 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, both in the 1994…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2001 amounted to $61.701 billion or 11.2 percent lower than $69.465 billion in 2000. Bill for foreign-made merchandise declined by 5.9 percent to $29.550 billion from $31.387 billion. On the…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR went down to 147.5 in January from 148.5 in December.

Mountain Province, nestled at the heart of Cordillera Range, registered a total population of 140,439 persons in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. It registered an annual growth rate of 1.88 percent from 1990 to 2000 and 1.54 percent from…

Year-on-year inflation further slowed down to 3.8 percent in January from 4.1 percent in December. This was effected by the continued deceleration in the inflation rates of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), clothing, services and miscellaneous…