Philippines

The Philippines:


 * **Subject** || **Philippines** || **United States** ||
 * **Views of Time** || Flexable time frame || Proper to be on time for an event ||
 * **Taboos** || Pointing at someone or curling finger is rude as well as being intoxicated in public || Curling finger is considered okay, but rude to point and intoxicated ||
 * **Titles and Business Cards** || Use titles followed by their surname when speaking, also accept business cards with both hands and carefully study them then keep safe || calleing someone by their first name is common, business cards are accepted anyway and is okay to be misplaced to recgonize the number ||
 * **Negotiations** || Indirect communication, do not say "no" in a sentence when speaking to others, and decisions are reseved to higher authority. || Very direct in speech, can say anything and do not avoid any language in speech, people do what they want by making their own decisions for themselves. ||
 * **Class Rules** || Classes run from June to March with the may/april brak from school, dress casual || Classes start in late August and end in early June with the June/July/August summer break, most schools are casual while others dress to code. ||

Industry-15% Services-51% || farming, forestry, and fishing: 22.6% manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 24.8% managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% sales and office: 24.2% other services: 17.6% || expeditures-$29.23 billion || revenues: $1,914 trillion expeditures: $3,615 trillion ||
 * ** Subject ** || ** Philippines ** || ** United States ** ||
 * **GDP (purchasing power parity)** || $324.8 trillion || $14.26 trillion ||
 * **Labor Force (including unemployed)** || 37.89 million people || 154.5 million people ||
 * **Labor Force (by occupation)** || Agriculture-34%
 * **Unemployment Rate** || 7.5% || 9.4% ||
 * **Population below poverty line** || 32.9% || 12% ||
 * **Budget** || revenues-$23.29 billion
 * **Public Debt** || 58.7% || 52.9% ||
 * **Inflation Rate** || 3.2% || -0.7% ||
 * **Central Bank Discount Rate** || 3.5% || 0.5% ||
 * **Oil Imports** || 342,200 bbl/day || 13.47 million bbl/day ||
 * **Exports** || $37.2 billion || $994.7 billion ||
 * **Imports** || 445.8 billion || $1,445 trillion ||