The Philippine Statistical System (PSS) through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) issues the 15th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) Bulletin No. 1 – Call for Papers for the 15th NCS. The 15th NCS, which will be held on 03 to 05 October…

In March 2022, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 19.35 billion which indicates an annual growth rate of 18.6 percent. In the previous month, the annual increase was faster at 23.5 percent, while in March 2021, it grew by 26…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance for the conduct of the Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (ConVERGE) Endline Survey by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies in cooperation…

The GWPI for the Philippines picked up further with an annual rate of 7.6 percent in March 2022, from 5.6 percent in February 2022. Its annual growth in March 2021 was posted at 2.8 percent.

Relative to their price levels in the second phase of March 2022, the average retail prices of a kilogram of well milled rice inched up by PhP 0.10 to PhP 1.00 in eight trading centers during the first phase of April 2022 (01 to 05 April 2022). Its…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance for the conduct of the Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (ConVERGE) Endline Survey by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies in cooperation…

Employment rate was placed at 94.2 percent in March 2022, it was the highest since April 2020 but lower than the registered employment rate in January 2020 at 94.7 percent. In March 2021, employment rate was reported at 92.9 percent.

The monthly growth of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level remained at 1.0 percent in April 2022.

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level continued to move upward as it rose further to 3.8 percent in April 2022. This brings the national average inflation rate from January to April 2022 to 3.2 percent. In March 2022,…

The headline inflation in the Philippines increased further to 4.9 percent in April 2022, from 4.0 percent in March 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation since January 2019. Inflation in April 2021 was lower at 4.1 percent. The average…