The country’s annual growth rate of the GWPI moved up at a slightly slower pace of 4.1 percent in December 2021. In the previous month, its annual growth rate was posted at 4.2 percent and in December 2020, 2.4 percent. (Tables A and 2)

Compared with their price levels in the second phase of January 2022 (15 to 17 January 2022), the average retail prices of a kilogram of well milled rice increased by PhP 0.17 to PhP 1.75 in six trading centers during the first phase of February…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board approved on 09 November 2021 the PSA Board Resolution No. 19, series of 2021 which is the modification in the System of Designated Statistics (SDS) involving the earlier release of vital statistics…

The annual increment of CMRPI in NCR increased further to 3.0 percent in January 2022 from its previous month’s annual rate of 2.7 percent. In January 2021, its annual growth was observed at 1.2 percent.

In February 2022, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 15.85 billion which indicates an annual growth rate of 18.1 percent. In the previous month, the annual increase was faster at 20.3 percent, while in February 2021, it grew…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) releases the revised estimates of the National Accounts of the Philippines for years 2020 and 2021; both quarterly and annual, by industry and by expenditure.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) further increased with an annual growth rate 92.4 percent in February 2022, from a slower annual rate of 21.8 percent in January 2022.

The country’s unemployment rate in February 2022 remained the same as the 6.4 percent reported a month ago. In terms of magnitude, this is translated to 3.13 million unemployed individuals 15 years old and over. This is lower by 1.06 million…

The country’s inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households increased to 3.3 percent in March 2022, from 2.7 percent in February 2022. It was posted at 5.5 percent in March 2021. The average inflation for this income group of consumers at the…

The month-on-month growth rate of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level moved at a faster pace of 1.0 percent in March 2022, from 0.3 percent in February 2022.