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Indicator	Latest	Year-Ago	Previous
1. GNP Growth Rate (At Constant 1985 Prices)	6.5% 4th Qtr 2007  7.8% 2007	6.1% 4th Qtr 2006  6.1% 2006	8.8% r 3rd Qtr 2007
2. GDP Growth Rate (At Constant 1985 Prices)	7.4% 4th Qtr 2007  7.3% 2007	5.5% 4th Qtr 2006  5.4% 2006	7.4% r 3rd Qtr 2007
3. Exports 1/	USD 4,112 million Feb 2008	USD 3,717 million Feb 2007	USD 4,231 million Jan 2008
4. Imports 1/	USD 4,491 million Feb 2008	USD 3,690 million Feb 2007	USD 4,987 million Jan 2008
5. Trade Balance	USD (379) million Feb 2008	USD 27  million Feb 2007	USD (756) million Jan 2008
6. Balance of Payments 2/	USD 794 million Dec 2007	USD 631 million Dec 2006	USD (67) million Nov 2007
7. Money Supply 3/	P 831,268 million Feb 2008	P 740,537 million Feb 2007	P 819,941 million Jan 2008
8. Interest Rate 4/	5.19% Mar 2008	7.88% Mar 2007	5.32% Feb 2008
9. National Government Revenues	P 84,763 million Mar 2008	P 75,037 million Mar 2007	P 81,762 million Feb 2008
10. National government outstanding debt	P 3,731 million Jan 2008	P 3,871 million Jan 2007	P 3,712 million Dec 2007
11. Peso per US $ 5/	P 41.820 Apr 2008	P 47.822 Apr 2007	P 41.252 Mar 2008
12. Stocks Composite Index 6/	2,984.7 Mar 2008	3,203.6 Mar 2007	3,130 Feb 2008
13. Consumer Price Index       2000=100	151.6 Apr 2008	140.0 Apr 2007	147.3 Mar 2008
14. Headline Inflation Rate       2000=100	8.3 Apr 2008	2.3 Apr 2007	6.4 Mar 2008
15. Core Inflation Rate       2000=100	5.9 Apr 2008	2.6 Apr 2007	4.8 Mar 2008
16. Visitor Arrivals	287,632 Mar 2008	270,632 Mar 2007	276,809 Feb 2008
17. Underemployment Rate /7	18.9 % Jan 2008	21.5 % Jan 2007	18.1% Oct 2007
18. Unemployment Rate /7	7.4 % Jan 2008	7.8% Jan 2007	6.3% Oct 2007

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	76.06 %  SY 2004 - 2005 42.50 % SY 2004 - 2005	88.77 % SY 2003 - 2004 59.22 % SY 2003 - 2004
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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