In November 2023, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 16.95 billion, which indicates an annual decline of 5.4 percent from the USD 17.92 billion total external trade in the same period of the previous year.

The country’s unemployment rate in November 2023 was estimated at 3.6 percent, lower than the unemployment rates in November 2022 and October 2023, which were both at 4.2 percent.

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in November 2023. This was faster compared with its annual growth of 1.1 percent in the previous month. In November 2022, VaPI recorded a double-digit annual increase…

The seasonally adjusted VaPI for total manufacturing in November 2023 grew at a monthly rate of 1.1 percent from 3.8 percent monthly contraction observed in October 2023.

The monthly data on the wholesale selling prices for agricultural commodities are obtained from the results of the Wholesale Selling Price Survey conducted every week of the reference month. Wholesale price refers to the price of commodity…

The annual increase of GWPI at the national level eased to 4.2 percent in November 2023 from 4.4 percent in October 2023.

In 2022, a total of 1,455,393 live births were registered in the country, which is equivalent to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 13.0 or 13 births per thousand population. In the past ten years, the number of registered live births showed a decrease…

The country’s seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items inched up to 0.1 percent month-on-month in December 2023 from zero percent monthly rate recorded in November 2023.

The Philippines’ headline inflation or overall inflation slowed down further to 3.9 percent in December 2023, the lowest inflation rate for 2023.

The country’s inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households increased to 5.0 percent in December 2023 from 4.9 percent in November 2023.