PRICE INDICES (Source: NSO)Consumer Price Index (2006 = 100) Annual 2012 January 2013 December 2012 January 2012

Philippines 130.1 132.0 131.3 128.1National Capital Region (NCR) 124.4 125.8 125.4 122.8Areas Outside NCR 131.9 134.0 133.2 129.7

Inflation ratePhilippines 3.0 2.9 4.0

National Capital Region (NCR) 2.4 2.8 3.5Areas Outside NCR 3.3 2.9 4.0

Purchasing power of the peso 0.76 0.76 0.78November 2012 October 2012 November 2011

General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998 = 100) 221.5 222.5 222.9December 2012 November 2012 December 2011

General Retail Price Index in NCR (2000 = 100) 158.3 158.2r 154.0January 2013 December 2012 January 2012

Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (2000 = 100) 219.3 218.8 214.4December 2012 November 2012 December 2011

Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR (2000 = 100) 175.8 175.6 169.1Producer Price Index for Manufacturing (2000 = 100) 160.4 161.4r 165.1

FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US dollars) Source: NSO Total 2011 November 2012p October 2012 November 2011r

Total foreign trade 108,187 8,685 9,648 8,390Imports 54,719 5,135 5,240 5,024Exports 51,432 3,550 4,408 3,366Balance of trade (3,287) (1,586) (832) (1,658)

Top traders: 1. Japan 1,234 1,250 1,3542. China, People's Republic of 952 1,138 1,0073. USA 945 1,188 1,044

As of February 2013

A Monthly Update of Philippine Statistics

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

National Statistics

Office

Top imports:1. Electronic products 1,261 1,345r 1,3822. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 1,256 1,073r 1,1463. Transport equipment 402 410r 272

Top exports:1. Electronic products 1,734 1,900r 1,5302. Woodcrafts and furniture 271 237r 1743. Metal components (excluding brakes and servo-brakes) 129 118r 49

MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (Source: NSO) December 2012 November 2012 December 2011

Value of production index (2000 = 100) 167.6 167.5r 159.1Gainers over last year (%)

Footwear and wearing apparel 144.4 139.2r 12.1Food manufacturing 19.6 15.4r (26.8)Leather products 19.2 26.5r (14.5)

Losers over last year (%)Transport equipment (24.9) (19.9)r 6.1Publishing and printing (20.3) (3.8)r 28.0Furniture and fixtures (17.4) (18.3) 20.7

Volume of production index (2000 = 100) 105.0 104.6r 96.1Gainers over last year (%)

Footwear and wearing apparel 141.8 141.4r 12.7Leather products 23.4 30.1 (14.5)Basic metals 18.9 12.5 (18.4)

Losers over last year (%)Publishing and printing (24.9) (9.3)r 28.0Transport equipment (24.6) 16.5r 2.4Tobacco products (16.9) (33.5) 37.3

Value of net sales index (2000 = 100) 181.0 174.8r 165.0Gainers over last year (%)

Footwear and wearing apparel 214.3 135.7r (17.9)Non-metallic mineral products 58.0 51.1r 2.9Food manufacturing 29.9 18.7r (4.1)

Losers over last year (%)Furniture and fixtures (25.8) (8.4)r (12.3)Basic metals (20.9) (17.0)r (5.0)Wood and wood products (12 9) 1 3r 16 2Wood and wood products (12.9) 1.3 16.2

Volume of net sales index (2000 = 100) 113.4 109.1r 39.7Gainers over last year (%)

Footwear and wearing apparel 211.0 137.9r (17.4)Non-metallic mineral products 57.8 48.9r 7.2Miscellaneous manufactures 25.9 22.6r (12.0)

Losers over last year (%)Basic metals (12.2) (8.9)r (8.9)Furniture and fixtures (10.8) 8.3r 76.5Petroleum products (4.4) (0.3) (1.9)

Capacity utilization (%) 83.2 83.3 83.3

DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos) Source: NSO 3rd Qtr. 2012p 2nd Qtr. 2012 3rd Qtr. 2011Total domestic trade

Quantity 5,711,223 4,873,167 4,296,796Value 130,899,895 139,912,135 108,376,485

WaterQuantity 5,701,897 4,864,766 4,288,176Value 130,431,648 138,865,329 107,651,778

Air tradeQuantity 9,326 8,402 8,620Value 468,247 1,046,806 724,708

OFW REMITTANCES (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) Total 2011 November 2012p October 2012p November 2011

Total (In thousand US dollars) 20,116,992 1,918,215 1,927,522 1,783,317Land based 15,776,576 1,533,916 1,497,920 1,405,656Sea based 4,340,416 384,299 429,602 377,661

NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (Source: NSO, Survey on Overseas Filipinos) 2011 2010 2009

Both sexes (In thousands) 2,158 2,043 1,912Male 1,126 1,068 1,010Female 1,032 975 902

GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS (In million pesos) Source: Bureau of the Treasury November 2012 October 2012 November 2011

Revenues 155,308 134,320 128,745Expenditures 166,872 143,994 150,748Surplus/(deficit) (11,564) (9,674) (22,003)

MONEY AND BANKING (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) November 2012 October 2012 November 2011

Total Resources of the Financial System (In billion pesos) 10,178.54p 9,932.97p 9,447.49October 2012 September 2012 October 2011

Peso savings deposit rate (WAIR in percent per annum) 1 32 1 25 1 60

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

NATIONAL QUICKSTATAs of February 2013

Peso savings deposit rate (WAIR in percent per annum) 1.32 1.25 1.60Peso time deposit interest rate (all maturities) 1.87 2.16 1.77Bank lending rates (WAIR in percent per annum) 5.59 5.55 6.78

January 2013 December 2012 January 2012Exchange rate: Dollar to Peso (Monthly average) 40.730 41.007 43.619

INVESTMENTS (Source: Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.) December 2012p November 2012 December 2011

Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi)) 5,812.7 5,640.5 4,372.0Volume traded (In million shares) 55,141.9 110,331.8 60,433.5Value of shares traded (In million pesos) 154,014.2 144,527.9 138,822.4

TRANSPORTATION (Source: Land Transportation Office) Total 2011 November 2012 October 2012 November 2011Registered motor vehicles By classification (New + Renewal) 7,138,700 256,834 693,718 245,170

Private 6,096,424 230,836 597,098 216,034Government 67,326 2,129 6,684 2,005For hire 970,701 23,764 89,550 27,043Others 4,249 105 386 88

-By type of fuel used (Gas + Diesel) 7,138,600 256,834 693,718 245,170

Private 6,066,951 230,208 593,747 215,310Government 67,152 2,128 6,662 1,989For hire 967,730 23,721 89,243 27,010Trailer 32,531 673 3,680 773Others 4,236 104 386 88

Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Source: Light Rail Transit Authority)

Yellow Lane (Line 1) October 2012 September 2012 October 2011Passenger traffic (In million passengers) 15.03 14.91 13.56Gross revenue collection (In million pesos) 220.87 219.02 198.42

Purple Lane (Line 2)Passenger traffic (In million passengers) 6.22 6.52 5.51Gross revenue collection (In million pesos) 82.15 86.75 72.35

Metrorail Transit (MRT) (Source: Metrostar Express) April 2012 March 2012 April 2011Passenger traffic (In million passengers) 11.94 14.79 11.29Gross revenue collection (In million pesos) 147.87 180.01 140.57

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Annual Average) Source: NSO, FIES 2009p 2006 2003Number of families (In thousands) 18,452 17 403 16 480Number of families (In thousands) 18,452 17,403 16,480

At Current Prices (In billion pesos)Family income 3,804 3,006 2,437Family expenditure 3,239 2,561 2,038Family savings 565 445 399

At 2000 Prices (In billion pesos)Family income 2,378 2,180 2,009Family expenditure 2,024 1,857 1,681Family savings 353 323 329

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: NSO Labor Force Survey) July 2012p April 2012p July 2011Total 15 years old and over (in '000) 63,119 62,847 62,054

Labor force participation rate 64.0% 64.7% 64.3%Employment rate 93.0% 93.1% 92.9%Unemployment rate 7.0% 6.9% 7.1%Underemployment rate 22.7% 19.3% 19.1%

Total employed persons (In thousands) 37,584 37,841 37,106Total underemployed persons (In thousands) 8,546 7,312 7,095Total unemployed persons (In thousands) 2,842 2,803 2,822Class of worker (In percent)

Wage and salary workers 59.1 55.5 56.3Self-employed 27.5 29.3 29.5Own-account 4.0 3.3 3.5Unpaid family workers 9.4 11.9 10.7

Industry Sector (In percent)Agriculture 30.9 33.0 43.7Industry 15.8 15.6 15.7Services 53.3 51.4 40.7

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS (In million pesos) Source: NSCB Total 2011 3rd Qtr. 2012 2nd Qtr. 2012 3rd Qtr. 2011At current prices

Gross National Income 12,803,912 3,376,501 3,474,495 3,094,875Gross Domestic Product 9,734,783 2,555,223 2,620,813 2,332,641

At constant 2000 prices *Gross National Income 7,756,666 1,991,888 2,083,695 1,869,388Gross Domestic Product 5,913,549 1,525,496 1,593,787 1,424,905

PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Source: NSO) 3rd Qtr. 2012 2nd Qtr. 2012 3rd Qtr. 2011Philippines (number) 27,323 30,614 25,255

NATIONAL QUICKSTATAs of February 2013

REFERENCE PERIOD and DATAINDICATOR

pp ( ) , , ,Total floor area (In square meters) 6,374,133 6,094,589 4,390,665Value (In thousand pesos) 64,317,151 60,922,715 41,628,460Residential (number) 19,523 22,118 18,154

Total floor area 3,270,662 3,137,645 2,373,161Value 31,289,381 27,496,830 20,299,162

Nonresidential (number) 3,688 3,937 3,377Total floor area 2,937,424 2,771,188 1,826,449Value 28,197,952 28,683,980 14,158,512

Additions, alterations and repairs (number) 4,112 4,559 3,724Value 4,829,816 4,741,904 7,170,784

Additions (number) 1,345 1,590 1,324Total floor area 166,047 185,756 191,055Value 1,408,003 1,314,420 3,504,850

Alterations and repairs (number) 2,767 2,969 2,400Value 3,421,813 3,427,484 3,665,934

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: NSO)

Industry Description (with TE 20 or more) ** Establishment Employment *** CompensationPhilippines 23,630 2,953,477 704,040,625

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 776 128,767 16,299,082Mining and quarrying 75 26,520 7,026,895Manufacturing 4,643 871,796 192,071,448Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 202 46,830 25,821,707Remediation activities 255 23,450 7,018,769Construction 713 126,214 20,045,452Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, and motorcycles 4,762 307,715 55,084,254Transport and storage 777 117,719 30,113,500Accommodation and food service activities 3,728 190,688 23,716,154Information and communication 537 85,998 47,003,568Financial insurance activities 648 162,492 82,058,776Real estate activities 380 24,775 8,215,656Professional, scientific and technical activities 586 53,140 21,710,650Administrative and support service activities 1,331 411,118 84,859,221Education 3,012 237,429 53,966,687Human health and social work activities 730 98,214 16,932,516Arts, entertainment and recreation 193 28,408 10,176,659Other service activities 282 12,204 1,919,631

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: NSO) 1-May-10 1-Aug-07 1-May-001/ 88 48 366 1/ 6 06 928 2/

2010p

Total Population 92,337,852 1/ 88,548,366 1/ 76,506,928 2/

Average Annual Population Growth Rate 1.90 (2000-2010) 2.04 (2000-2007) 2.34 (1990-2000)Population Density (persons per square kilometer) 308 295 255Population by Age Group

0-14 years 30,717,524 31,389,020 28,313,89715-64 years 57,374,256 53,251,374 45,257,77065 years and over 4,006,198 3,664,221 2,932,410

Household Population 92,097,978 88,304,615 76,332,470Male 46,459,318 44,583,853 38,524,266Female 45,368,660 43,720,762 37,979,811

Sex Ratio 1.02 1.02 1.01Number of Household 20,171,899 18,539,769 -Average household size 4.6 4.8 5.0

* The base year (2000) GDP and GNI estimates were revised upward by 6.7% and 17.7%, respectively.** The 2010 ASPBI used the new classification of establishments as prescribed by PSIC.*** Employment as of November 15, 2010

HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS (Source: NSO, Vital Statistics Report) 2009 2008 2007

Births (Based on civil registration; not adjusted for under registration) 1,745,585 1,784,316 1,749,878Male 907,221 928,080 911,310Female 838,364 856,236 838,568

Foreign Births (Based on civil registration; not adjusted for under registration) - - 9,222Crude birth rate (per thousand population) 18.9 - 19.7Marriages (Based on civil registration; not adjusted for under registration) 492,254 486,514 490,054Foreign Marriages (Based on civil registration; not adjusted for under registration) - - 8,365Crude marriage rate (per thousand population) - - 5.7Deaths (Based on civil registration; not adjusted for under registration) 480,820 - 441,036

Male 279,513 - 258,300Female 201,307 - 182,736

Crude death rate (per thousand population) 5.2 - 5.1Fetal deaths - - 8,458

Top 3 Leading Causes of Death1) Heart disease 100,908 - 88,3142) Cerebrovascular disease (brain dysfunction) 56,670 - 48,9693) Malignant neoplasm (Cancer) 47,732 - 44,399

FAMILY PLANNING (Sources: NSO, Family Planning Survey and Family Health Survey) 2011 2006 2005Contraceptive prevalence rate (Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years) 48.9% 50.6% 49.3%

Modern method 36.9% 35.9% 36.0%Traditional method 12.0% 14.8% 13.2%

EDUCATION (Source: NSO, FLEMMS/CPH) 2008 2003 2000

Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over; basic reading and writing skills) - 93.4% 92.3%Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old; basic reading writing and computational skills) 86.4% 84 1% -

NATIONAL QUICKSTATAs of February 2013

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old; basic reading, writing, and computational skills) 86.4% 84.1%

ENROLMENT (Source: Department of Education) SY 2010-2011 SY 2009-2010 SY 2008-2009Schools (Elementary level only) 45,964 44,846 44,691

Public 38,351 37,762 37,607Private 7,613 7,084 7,084

Kindergarten enrolment 1,650,232 1,474,644 1,175,101Public (with SUCs) 1,224,173 1,054,200 746,448Private 426,059 420,444 428,653

Elementary enrolment 14,166,066 13,934,172 13,686,643Public (with SUCs) 13,019,145 12,799,950 12,574,506Private 1,146,921 1,134,222 1,112,137

Secondary enrolment 12,950 11,359 10,066Public 7,268 5,677 5,359Private 5,682 5,682 4,707

TOURISM (Source: Department of Tourism) Total 2012 December 2012 November 2012 December 2011Visitors arrivals to the Philippines by country of residence 4,272,811 442,088 352,438 394,567

ASEAN 375,190 34,687 37,140 29,964East Asia 2,038,987 188,176 164,709 163,221South Asia 63,860 4,925 6,275 4,282Middle East 57,275 3,958 4,241 3,638North America 778,162 82,519 63,129 80,914South America 5,133 538 515 378Western Europe 177,831 21,222 14,854 19,249Northern Europe 181,978 25,816 14,317 21,403Southern Europe 35,935 3,899 3,273 3,832Eastern Europe 37,916 5,512 4,510 4,184Eastern Mediterranean Europe 9,026 965 787 670Australiasia and the Pacific 252,711 34,460 21,259 28,522Africa 5,163 997 502 533Other unspecified residences 37,701 3,233 3,870 2,947Overseas Filipinos**** 215,943 31,181 13,057 30,830

**** Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers.p Preliminary r Revised 1/ Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 2,739 Filipinos in Philippine Embassies, consulates, and mission abroad. 2/ Population counts for the regions do not add up to the national total. Includes 18,989 persons residing in the areas disputed by the City of Pasig (NCR)

and the province of Rizal (Region IV-A); and 2,851 Filipinos in the Philippine Embassies, consulates and mission abroad.

NSO - National Statistics Office FOB - Free on board NSCB - National Statistical Coordination Board WAIR - Weighted average interest rates ASPBI - Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry TE - Total Employment FLEMMS - Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey PSIC - Philippine Standard Industrial Classification FIES - Family Income and Expenditure Survey SUCs - State Universities and Colleges CPH - Census of Population and Housing

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