Total merchandise trade for the whole year of 1997 increased by 15.5 percent to $61.164 billion from $52.970 billion in 1996. Export earnings rose by 22.8 percent to $25.228 billion from $20.543 while imports went up by 10.8 percent to $35.936…

Merchandise exports registered aggregate receipts of $25.228 billion in 1997 moving up by 22.8 percent from $20.543 billion in 1996. The growth in exports was primed by the performance of electronics and components as well as input/output/peripheral…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate moved up to 6.4 percent in January from 6.1 percent last month. The index was estimated at 248.0 in January from 245.6 in December.

Total merchandise trade from January to November amounted to $55.863 billion, up by 15.5 percent from $48.369 billion last year. Payments for imported goods grew by 10.6 percent to $32.866 billion from $29.709 billion while receipts from exports…

The VPI in key manufacturing enterprises went up by 23.7 percent to 524.6 in November 1997 from 424.2 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, the VPI also registered an increase of 7.6 percent from 487.6 in October 1997. These figures were based…

The 1997 Family Planning Survey (FPS) is a nationwide survey aimed at collecting information on contraceptive use in the Philippines in 1997. It is the third in a series of annual family planning surveys to be conducted by the National Statistics…

The 1997 Family Planning Survey (FPS) is a nationwide survey aimed at collecting information on contraceptive use in the Philippines in 1997. It is the third in a series of annual family planning surveys to be conducted by the National Statistics…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate was 6.1 percent in December compared to 6.5 percent in November. This brought the average inflation rate for 1997 to 5.1 percent, as compared to the 8.4 percent in 1996. The index was estimated…

The VPI in key manufacturing enterprises rose by 8.1 percent to 484.9 in October 1997 from 448.7 last year. On a month-on-month comparison, the VPI increased by 0.4 from 483.0 in September 1997. These figures were based on the results of the Survey…

Total trade from January to October 1997 grew by 15.7 percent to $50.689 billion from $43.807 billion in 1996. Merchandise exports brought in $20.689 billion, up by 23.1 percent from $16.810 billion, while import payments amounted to $30.001 billion…