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Philippine Peso - US Dollar Exchange Rates through the years

Posted in January 5th, 2008
by ka edong in Stats and Facts

On New Year’s day, Tuesday, January 1, 2008:  

1 US Dollar = 41.96009 Philippine Peso   

Annual Average Exchange Rate of Philippine Peso per US Dollar:

2007: Php  47.162
2006: Php 51.3451
2005: Php 55.0984
2004: Php 56.0411
2003: Php 54.2059
2002: Php 51.5762
2001: Php 51.002
2000: Php 44.1405
1995:  Php 25.7086
1990: Php 24.268
1985: Php 18.687
1980: Php 7.4817
1979: Php 7.377

Sources:
FXConverter - by OANDA.com
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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Credit Card statistics

Posted in January 2nd, 2008
by ka edong in Credit Cards, Stats and Facts

Some Credit Card statistics:

5.5 Million
Estimated number of credit card holders in the Philippines as of 2006
2 Million to 2.5M
Estimated number of credit card holders in the Philippines as of 1997
P200 billion
Total worth of credit card transactions in the Philippines in 2005
1.3 billion
Number of credit cards in circulation in the United States as of 2004
$2.2 trillion
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Feels like home, these mobilephone services for OFWs

Posted in December 17th, 2007
by ka edong in Stats and Facts, mobile communications

Here are some interesting news, statistics on OFWs and remittances from a tradingmarkets.com clipping:
PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co.’s international sales and marketing unit may tap the markets of Italy and Macau next year for the telco’s mobile virtual network operation (MVNO) service, PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan said.
Pangilinan told reporters that his company will look [...]

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A step towards financial freedom: Get out of the credit card trap

Posted in March 23rd, 2007
by noelle in Credit Cards, Stats and Facts

It is not uncommon for Filipinos to hold multiple credit cards to charge their purchases with since credit card companies have made it easy to get one.  Oftentimes, they would even send you pre-approved cards that you can use right away.  How many of us go to midnight sales and charge away on stuff that [...]

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