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abaca agreement agricultural alcogas annual areas armed forces assassination assets average Benigno Aquino capital cent Central Bank coal commercial banks consumption copper copra Corazon Aquino crop Debt service decline development plan domestic demand Economic Development Authority Economist Intelligence Unit elections employment energy equity estimated export earnings fell Fidel Ramos fiscal deficit fishing foreign debt foreign exchange funds geothermal government's growth imports increase industry inflation interest rates International Financial Statistics investment Japan Juan Ponce Enrile land large number Luzon mainly maize major Marcos regime martial law metropolitan Manila military Mindanao mn tons National Economic Development official output payments crisis period peso Philippine Statistical Yearbook Philippines Development Report population President Marcos presidential press reports programme projects quarter reafforestation rescheduling reserves rise rose sharply smelter Source Statistical Bulletin substantial sugar target Total lncl trade Trend value added wage World Commodity Forecasts