The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing continued to descend at an annual rate of 5.4 percent in March 2020.

The country’s total external trade in goods in 2019 amounted to USD182.52 billion, which represents an increase of 0.2 percent from the USD182.15 billion total external trade in 2018. Of the total external trade, USD70.93 billion (38.9%) were…

The year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level accelerated to 2.4 percent in March 2020. Inflation of consumer items for this income group in February 2020 was observed at 2.1 percent, and in March 2019, 3.4…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the Metalworking Industry Survey - A Focus on Advanced Welding by the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC).

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series for 2000 to 2019 was revised using the 2018 base year. On average, GDP posted a growth of 5.5 percent at constant prices.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has completed the fifth revision of the Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA). The revised and rebased national accounts series covers the period of 2000 to 2019, and adopted 2018 as the new base…

The annual increase of GWPI at the national level slowed down further to 2.5 percent in February 2020. In the previous month, the annual rate was posted at 2.9 percent and in February 2019, 0.8 percent. (Table A and Table 2)

The total quantity of domestic trade in 2019 posted a total of 25.89 million tons. This represents a slight increase at an annual rate of 0.4 percent, from 25.78 million tons a year ago.

The final results of the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that in 2017, the Philippines had a total of 224,540 establishments in the formal sector of its economy. This number is lower by 11.2 percent than the 252,790…

The updated January-March 2020 production on palay and corn based on standing crop as of 01 March 2020 may decline from both January-March 2020 forecast and January-March 2019 final estimates. Based on standing crop as of 01 March 2020 (updated),…