The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Oriental Mindoro will conduct the Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) for the First Quarter of 2025 this March. While the conduct of CES is a joint undertaking between the PSA and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), PSA has the primary responsibility and authority of collecting the data for the survey.

Conducted on a quarterly basis, the CES aims to capture the consumers’ viewpoints on their family income, financial situation, and the economic condition of the country. These shall serve as the basis for BSP to generate forecasts in the direction of the economy for the current quarter, the next quarter, and the next 12 months. Additionally, the results of CES will guide the policymakers to project the trend in the change of behavior of key indicators including inflation rate, interest rate, and exchange rates.

The Province of Oriental Mindoro has a total sample of about 49 households located in the city of Calapan and municipalities of Puerto Galera, Victoria, Gloria, Pinamalayan, and Bulalacao, which were scientifically selected through a stratified multi-stage random sampling method. Two (2) statistical researchers (SRs) will be involved in the data collection from 07 to 19 March 2025 and five (5) days each will be allotted for the Chief Administrative Officer/Officer-in-Charge, Provincial Focal Person (PFP), and Alternate Provincial Focal Person (APFP) to supervise interviews in sample households.

The PSA is committed to deliver relevant and reliable statistics. Hence, the agency encourages the public, especially the sample households, to participate in the various censuses and surveys conducted by the PSA.

The agency also assures that all collected personal information are processed in accordance with the law and other issuances.

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO- CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

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