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Resolutions Approved by the NSCB in 2011

Sexy Statistics

FOR EVERY 100 DOLLARS
THAT WE EXPORT TO ASEAN
WE IMPORT BACK 145 DOLLARS
(Posted 01 February 2012)

 

 

Philippine Economy Grew by 3.7 percent
in Q4 2011
(Posted 30 January 2012)

Amidst the obstinate exogenous economic woes, the government underspending on infrastructure in the second and third quarters and the sustained decline in fishing, the domestic economy grew in 2011 by a relatively feeble 3.7 percent compared to 7.6 percent in 2010.  Net primary income declined by 0.9 percent pulling down GNI to a 2.6 percent annual growth from 8.2 percent last year.

NSCB to release "sexy", “cool”
and “awesome” statistics
(Posted 25 January 2012)

In accordance with its corporate core value to be ever relevant to its stakeholders, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Technical Staff will start disseminating indicators through a new section called "Sexy Statistics" on the NSCB website that will feature exciting and interesting statistics.

Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) expands three quarters in a row
(Posted 18 January 2012)

The composite leading economic indicator (LEI) continued its upward course after it weakened in the second quarter of 2011, indicating a positive outlook for the country’s economy.  For the first quarter of 2012, the LEI posted 0.238   from a revised 0.158 in the fourth quarter of 2011 (Figure 1 and Table 1).  The latest LEI computations show the index in firmer positive territory auguring well for the domestic economy to start off the year of the dragon.

NSCB releases revised/rebased
National Accounts Quarterly Series
(Posted 13 January 2012)

The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) announces the release of the revised/rebased (2000 = 100) Quarterly series of the National Accounts of the Philippines (NAP) for 1998 – 2010.  The revision and rebasing of the quarterly NAP was done as part of the project “Improving the Quality and Usefulness of the Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA)” of the NSCB with funding assistance from the World Bank. The said project aims to update the PSNA to incorporate new developments/new set of international statistical standards and guidelines of the updated 1993/2008 SNA.