2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Real GNI growth (%)Jun 8.1 5.8 5.4 6.6 6.5

Real GDP growth (%)Jun 7.1 6.1 6.0 6.9 6.4

Private consumption growth (%)Jun 5.6 5.4 6.3 7.0 5.8

Government consumption growth (%)Jun 8.9 2.3 8.3 8.2 3.6

Gross domestic capital formation growth (%)Jun 31.9 1.6 13.7 21.3 9.7

Exports growth (%)Aug 7.7 9.6 -5.2 -4.1 13.5

Imports growth (%)Aug 0.4 4.8 2.6 15.0 8.5

Per capita GNI (Php)Jun 20,541 21,465 22,502.6 23,622.4 24,435.1

Average unemployment rate (%) 6.5Oct 6.0%Oct 5.7%Oct 4.7%Oct 5.6%Jul

NG Surlus/Deficit (Php Bil)Aug -164.1 -73.1 -121.7 -353.4 -176.2

% GDP -1.4 -0.6 -0.9 -2.4 -1.2

M3 growth (%)Aug 31.8 9.6 9.4 12.7 15.4

Peso-USD rate (average)Sept 42.4 44.4 45.5 47.5 51.0

Peso-USD rate (end-period)Sept 44.4 44.6 47.2 49.8 51.1

Average inflation (%) (2006=100)Sept 2.9 4.2 1.4 1.8 3.1

Average 91-day T-bill rate (%)Aug 0.3 1.2 1.6 1.5 2.1

Trade balance (US$ Mil)Sept -5,713 -68 603 -2,564 -2,411

Current Account Balance (US$ Mil)Jun 11,384 10,756 7,266 601 -234

% GDP 4.2 3.8 2.5 0.2 -0.2

BOP (US$ Mil)Aug 5,085 -2,858 2,616 -214 -7

OFW Remittances (US$ Bil)Jul 23.0 24.6 25.6 26.9 16.1

Gross International Reserves(US$ Bil)Sept 83.2 79.5 80.7 80.7 81.3

*Source: NSCB, NSO, BSP, Treasury, Bloomberg

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