The annual increment of GRPI in NCR slowed down further to 1.3 percent in March 2019. Its annual rates were higher in February 2019 at 1.4 percent and in March 2018, 4.2 percent. Compared with their annual mark-ups in February 2019, slower annual…

Employment in establishments remained positive in the fourth quarter of 2018 The nationwide labor turnover rate for this quarter was posted at 0.6 percent, almost unchanged from the 0.8 percent rate recorded in the third quarter of 2018. This…

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2018 was estimated at 2.3 million. Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) with existing work contract comprised 96.2 percent of the total OFWs…

Based on the final results of the 2016 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), there were 1,877 establishments engaged in Construction in the formal sector of the economy.

Of the estimated 71.9 million population 15 years old and over in October 2018, approximately 43.5 million persons were in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 3). This translates to a labor force participation…

The economies of all seventeen regions grew in 2018 with Bicol Region growing the fastest at 8.9 percent followed by Davao Region and MIMAROPA, with 8.6 percent.

The annual increment of Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 1.9 percent in March 2019.

The annual increase of GWPI at the national level slowed down further to 3.2 percent in February 2019. Annual rates were higher in January 2019 at 3.5 percent and in February 2018 at 4.9 percent. Annual movements in the indices of crude materials,…

The annual increase of the CMWPI in NCR slowed down further to 3.3 percent in March 2019. Higher annual growths were registered in February 2019 at 3.8 percent and in March 2018, 4.0 percent. Compared with their annual rates in February 2019, slower…

Based on standing crop, the updated palay production for January-March 2019 may decrease to 4.56 million metric tons, 1.8 percent below the January 2019 standing crop estimate of 4.65 million metric tons. This may be lower by 1.3 percent from the…