The seasonally adjusted palay production for the third quarter of 2019 was 4,533 thousand metric tons, higher by 2.0 thousand metric tons from the preceding quarter’s output (Table 1). This quarter’s performance when deseasonalized was lower by 4.3…

Agricultural production grew by 2.87 percent in the third quarter of 2019. Increases were recorded for crops, livestock, poultry and fisheries.

The country’s total external trade in goods in September 2019 reached USD14.92 billion, which reflected a decrease of 7.5 percent from the USD16.13 billion external trade in the same month of the previous year. Of the total external trade, USD5.90…

Based on the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the Value of Production Index (VaPI) depicted a year-on-year decrement of 2.3 percent in September 2019, from 3.2 percent growth in the same month of…

Headline inflation at the country level continued to ease to 0.8 percent in October 2019.

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items went up by 0.2 percent in October 2019, from zero growth in September 2019.

The annual change of GRPI in NCR went up by 0.8 percent in August 2019. The annual change of GRPI in NCR went up by 0.8 percent in August 2019.

The annual increase of Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 1.1 percent in August 2019.

In April 2019, the total population 15 years old and over was estimated at 72.5 million wherein the number of persons who were in the labor force was reported at 44.5 million.

The annual increase of GWPI at the national level slowed down to 1.5 percent in July 2019. The annual rate in the previous month was higher at 1.7 percent and in July 2018, 1.8 percent. Annual declines were observed in the indices of crude materials…