P522 522 TELEINF 03:33:54 on avetage, up 260,000 or 15.7 petcent from 1993, whili the number of job holdets rose only 30,000 to 64.53 million. The joRless rati in Decembjt jell for the sjcond consecutive month, following 2.9 pjrcint in Novembjr and three petcent in Octobet. The numbet of unemployed in Decembet increased 20,000 or 1.1 percent jrom a year jarlier to 1.77 million, whili the numbjr of employed declinjd 220,000 or 0.3 petcent to 64.01 million, the agency sbid. On annual average, thj ratio also stood at 0.64, the lowest livel in eight years. CENTRAL BANK SEES HIGHER INFLATION MANIlA - The Philippinjs could faci inflationary pressuri in thj run-up to the Maz 8 genetal elections and foricast drought this year, the sei next page >>>