The preliminary results of the Annual Labor and Employment Estimates for 2019 based on the average of the four (4) LFS rounds (January, April, July and October) reported an annual labor force participation rate of 61.3 percent out of the 72.9…

The total quantity of domestic trade during the third quarter of 2019 increased to 5.09 million tons or by 0.8 percent from the 5.05 million tons recorded in the third quarter of 2018.

In June 2018, the country’s total employment in establishments with 20 or more workers reached a total of 5,077,410 workers. This was higher by 15.8 percent relative to the 4,384,678 workers in June 2016. By industry group, administrative and…

Gross Revenue Index expanded by 7.6 percent in Q3 2019, slower than the 9.7 percent growth posted in the same period of 2018. Trade recorded the fastest growth, with 12.6 percent, followed by Finance with 12.5 percent, Other Services with 8.5…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the Follow-up Survey for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) – International Initiative for Impact…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance for the conduct of the Profiling Survey of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (TAHC) Practitioners in the Philippines by the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the Survey on the Awareness of Government Entities on the Philippine Competition Act (PCA) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on 05 December 2019.

The 01 November 2019 total rice stocks was at 2,962.46 thousand metric tons (Figure 1). This was lower by 1.3 percent than the previous year’s record of 3,000.45 thousand metric tons. On the other hand, this was higher by 30.0 percent than the…

The updated October-December 2019 production on palay and corn based on standing crop as of 01 November 2019 may decline from the October 2019 Round estimates. As of 01 November 2019, palay production for October-December 2019 based on standing crop…

The year-on-year change of GWPI at the country level picked up by 1.7 percent in August 2019. In the previous month, the annual rate was posted at 1.5 percent and in August 2018, 2.1 percent.