The National Statistics Office (NSO) conducted for the second time the nationwide Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) in October 1999. The survey was designed to provide access and impact indicators which can be used as inputs to the development…

Labor force in July 2000 declined by a slight 25 thousand or 0.1% compared to July last year.

2000 The PSQ was covered on national television, over the People’s Television Network (PTV-4). The winner was from University of San Carlos in Cebu City.

Year-on-year inflation rate increased to 4.6 percent in August from 4.3 percent in July. Inflation rate a year ago was 5.5 percent.

Total receipts from merchandise exports for the period January to July 2000 grew by 11.7 percent to $20.833 billion from $18.654 billion last year. For the month of July, value of exports amounted to $3.216 billion, which increased by 12.8 percent…

Manufacturing Output Continued to Improve Manufacturing output continued to improve in June 2000 as it posted 20.9 percent and 14.3 percent increases in their value of production index (VaPI) and volume of production index (VoPI), respectively,…

The annual population growth rate from 1995 to 2000 is 2.02 percent, which is lower by 0.30 percentage point from the 1995 figure of 2.32 percent and by 0.33 percentage point from the 1990 figures of 2.35 percent.

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…