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Indicator	Latest	Year-Ago	Previous
1. GNP Growth Rate (At Constant 1985 Prices)	4.4 1st Qtr 2009  6.2% 2008	6.4% 1st Qtr 2008  7.5% 2007	6.7% 4th Qtr 2008
2. GDP Growth Rate (At Constant 1985 Prices)	0.4% 1st Qtr 2009 3.8% 2008	3.9% 1st Qtr 2009 7.1% 2007	2.9 4th Qtr 2008
3. Exports 1/	USD 2,907 million Mar 2009	USD 4,193 million Mar 2008	USD 2,506 million Feb 2009
4. Imports 1/	USD 3,269 million Mar 2009	USD 5,122 million Mar 2008	USD 3,059 million Feb 2009
5. Trade Balance	USD(363) million Mar 2009	USD (928.7)  million Mar 2008	USD(552) million Feb 2009
6. Balance of Payments 2/	USD (275) million Dec 2008	USD 794 million Dec 2007	USD 19 million Nov 2008
7. Broad Money Liabilities	P 3,530,962 million Mar 2009	P 3,055,628 million Mar 2008	P 3,494,378 million Feb 2009
8. Interest Rate 4/	5.2% Feb 2009	5.3% Feb 2008	5.5% Jan 2009
9. National Government Revenues	P 116,581 million Apr 2009	P 122,030 million Apr 2008	P 75,928 million Mar 2009
10. National government outstanding debt	P 4,164 million Feb 2009	P 3,771 million Feb 2008	P 4,260 million Jan 2009
11. Peso per US $ 5/	P 47.524 May 2009	P 42.902 May 2008	P 48.217 Apr 2009
12. Stocks Composite Index 6/	1,986.2 Mar 2009	2,984.7 Mar 2008	1,872.2 Feb 2009
13. Consumer Price Index       2000=100	158.8 May 2009	153.8 /r May 2008	158.9 Apr 2009
14. Headline Inflation Rate       2000=100	3.3 May 2009	9.5 /r May 2008	4.8 Apr 2009
15. Core Inflation Rate       2000=100	4.4 May 2009	6.2 May 2008	5.0 Apr 2009
16. Visitor Arrivals	301,175 Dec 2008	320,812 Dec 2007	231,129 Nov 2008
17. Underemployment Rate /7	18.9 % Apr 2009	19.8% Apr 2008	18.2% Jan 2009
18. Unemployment Rate /7	7.5% Apr 2009	7.4% Apr 2008	7.7% Jan 2009

1/ Freight on Board value
2/ overall position
3/ M1
4/ interbank loans
5/ weighted average interbank rates
6/ End-of-month figure
7/ based on the New Definition

p - preliminary
r - revised
... - not available

Indicator	Latest	Previous
19. Population	88.57 million As of 01 Aug 2007	76.5 million As of 01 May 2000
20. Projected Population 1/	90.5 million 2008	88,706,300 2007
21. Population Density	255 persons per sq. km. As of 01 May 2000	246 persons per sq. km. As of 01 Sept 1995
22. Population Growth Rate (exponential)	2.05% 2000-2005	2.31% 1990-2000
23. Projected Life      Expectancies at Birth 2/ Males Females	66.1 yrs. 2005 71.6 yrs. 2005	67.53 yrs. 2004 72.78 yrs. 2004
24. Infant Mortality Rate 3/	30 per 1,000 livebirths 2003 (official estimate)	36 per 1,000 livebirths 1998 (official estimate)
25. Simple Literacy Rate	93.4% 2003	92.3% 2000
26. Net Participation       Rate 4/ Elementary Secondary	83.22%  SY 2006- 2007 58.59 % SY 2006 - 2007	84.44 % SY 2005 - 2006 58.54 % SY 2005 - 2006
27. Average Annual Family Income 5/	P 173,000 2006	P 148,616 2003
28. Average Annual Family Expenditures 5/	P 147,000 2006	P 124,377 2003
29. Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold	P 15,057 2006	P 14,196 2005 P 13,113 r 2004
30. Poverty Incidence	26.9% p of total families 2006 32.9% p of population 200	24.4% r of total families 2003 30.0% r of population 2003

1/ medium assumption, 2000 Census-Based Population Projections
2/ based on 2000 Census-Based Population Projections for the period 2000-2005, and on 1995 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections, Vol.2 for year 1995
3/ 1998 data are based from the results of the 1998 National Demographic and
Health Survey (NDHS); 1995 data are based from the report fo the
Technical Working Group on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB
4/ Net participation rate is defined as the proportion of the number of enrollees 6-11 years old for Elementary and 12-15 years old for Secondary.
5/ at current prices.

p/ preliminary
r/ revised

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