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…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate went up to 6.5 percent in November from 5.7 percent in October. The index was estimated at 244.7 in November from 243.2 in October.

The VPI in key manufacturing enterprises went up by 3.5 percent to 467.0 in September 1997 from 451.0 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, the VPI decreased by 4.1 percent from 487.0 in August. These figures were based on the results of the…

The total merchandise trade performance for the first nine months of 1997 increased by 15.3 percent to $45.023 billion from $39.064 billion for the same period in 1996. Imports grew by 10.5 percent to $26.661 billion from $24.138 billion last year.…

Total dollar earnings from merchandise exports moved up to $18.362 billion from January to September 1997, increasing by 23.0 percent from $14.926 billion in January to September 1996. Export receipts for September 1997 alone, rose by 24.6 percent…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate increased to 5.7 percent in October from 5.3 percent in September. The index was estimated at 243.2 in October from 242.5 in September.

The total number of Filipinos (OFW) who worked abroad during the period from April to September 1996 was estimated at 900 thousand persons. The figure was higher by 13.2 percent or 105 thousand from 795 thousand workers during the same period last…

The VPI in key manufacturing enterprises went up by 5.7 percent in August to 485.5 from 459.4 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, the VPI also registered an increase of 2.9 percent from 471.7 in July 1997. These figures were based on the…