Building Permit Applications Reached 25,119 Building permit applications during the first quarter of 1997 increased by 4 percent reaching to 25,119 from 24,127 received during the same period in 1996. Figure 1 shows the distribution of building…

The value of production index (VPI) in key manufacturing enterprises decreased by 2.3 percent to 460.2 in March 1997 from 470.8 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, VPI increased by 0.3 percent from 458.7 last February 1997. These figures…

Value of merchandise trade transactions between the Philippines and the rest of world for the first quarter of 1997 increased by 15.5 percent to $13.905 billion from $12.041 billion recorded during the same period in 1996. Cost of imported…

Merchandise exports reached $1.996 billion in March, posting a 19.5 percent growth rate or an increase of $326 million over $1.671 billion last year. For the first quarter of 1997, total receipts rose by 17.4 percent to $5.501 billion from $4.685…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate slowed down to 4.6 percent in April from 4.8 percent in March.

The 1996 Family Planning Survey (FPS) is a nationwide survey aimed at collecting information on contraceptive use in the Philippines in 1996. It is the second in a series of annual family planning surveys to be conducted by the National Statistics…

The value of production index (VPI) in key manufacturing enterprises slightly increased by 0.1 percent to 453.0 in February 1997 from 452.5 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, VPI increased by 10.4 percent from 410.4 last January 1997. These…

Total trade for the first two months of 1997 amounted to $8.969 billion, an increase of 17.9 percent over $7.610 billion recorded during the same period in 1996. Payments for imported goods increased by 18.9 percent to $5.464 billion from $4.596…

Value of exports for the first two months of 1997 grew by 16.2 percent to $3.503 billion, an increase of $488.56 million from $3.014 billion during the same period a year ago. Receipts from merchandise exports for February 1997 alone reached $1.811…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate moved up to 4.8 percent in March from 4.4 percent in February. Month-on-Month Month-on-month inflation rate increased to 0.8 percent from 0.4 percent last month.