Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the third quarter of 2020 amounted to PhP 31.0 billion, 83.0 percent lower than in the same period in 2019.

The country’s total external trade in goods in October 2020, which amounted to USD 14.18 billion, dropped at an annual rate of -12.8 percent. This was faster than the annual drop in the previous month at -8.2 percent, and in October 2019 at -4.6…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board approved the modifications in the attributes of the designated statistical activities conducted by the PSA, specifically the Price and Fisheries surveys, which involve renaming of surveys, amending the…

The Philippines ranks 18th out of 187 participating countries in the Open Data Inventory 2020 with an overall score of 73. The overall score is a combination of a data coverage subscore of 63, and a data openness subscore of 81.

In our efforts to provide convenient payment alternatives to its clients, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has partnered with digital-payments provider PayMaya Philippines. PayMaya is an online payment system now available to Civil…

Undersecretary Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) with Unisys Officials received the 2020 ISG Paragon Award for Asia and Pacific (APAC) in a simple Handover Ceremony…

At the country level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items rose to 1.0 percent in November 2020 from 0.4 percent in October 2020.

The country’s inflation for the bottom 30% income households continued to move upward as it accelerated further to 3.6 percent in November 2020.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing continued to decline at an annual rate of -14.2 percent in October 2020.

The Philippines’ headline inflation jumped to 3.3 percent in November 2020 from 2.5 percent in October 2020. This is the highest inflation registered since April 2019.