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…

An estimated 30.3 million persons constituted the labor force population in October 1997, up by 2.1 percent (628 thousand), over the October 1996 level of 29.6 million persons. However, the corresponding labor force participation rate moved down…

Value of exports for the first ten months of 1997 grew by 23.1 percent to $20.687 billion, an increase of $3.878 billion from $16.809 billion recorded the previous year. Dollar receipts from merchandise exports for October alone, grew by 23.4…