Business Day Special Report
Item
- Title
- Business Day Special Report
- Issue Date
- September 11, 1975
- Year
- 1975
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Item sets
- Business Day Special Report
- Media
Business Day Special Report
BD projects GNP growth but at slower rate of 5.1%
Peso value will continue to be under slight stress
Year may end profitably for financial sector
Huge deficit in trade earnings seen unless economies of RP's main export markets pick up
Construction growth will be the most impressive of all sectors
Government's stress on food production efforts has hiked agriculture's share in the net national product
The manufacturing sector will turn out a checkered performance: profit declines for majority of the firms will however be offset by gains in other areas to push growth rate up 5.7% over 1974 levels
Despite disappointing tourist figures for the first six months an uptrend is projected towards the Yule season