The annual increase of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) decelerated to 4.0 percent in October 2018. Its annual rate in September 2018 was pegged at 4.3 percent and in October 2017, 2.7 percent. Slower annual…

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing recorded an annual increment of 3.1 percent in October 2018. In the same month of the previous year, VaPI dropped by 6.0 percent.

The annual headline inflation in the Philippines exhibited a slower pace of 6.0 percent in November 2018.

The seasonally adjusted CPI for all items dropped by 0.3 percent in November from a 0.4 percent increase in October.

The employment rate in October 2018 was estimated at 94.9 percent. In October 2017, the employment rate was 95.0 percent. Ilocos Region (93.3%) and CALABARZON (93.4%) had the lowest employment rates while Cagayan Valley and Northern Mindanao had…

The total number of establishments engaged in water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities in the formal sector of the economy reached a total of 1,098, based on the final results of the 2016 Annual Survey of Philippine…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing dropped by 0.6 percent in October 2018 compared with the index recorded in October 2017. This can be attributed to the decline in the indices of eight major industry groups with non-metallic…

The annual rate of CMRPI in NCR went up by 2.3 percent in October 2018. Its annual growth in September 2018 was posted at 2.0 percent and in October 2017, 1.4 percent. Higher annual increases were recorded in the indices of the following commodity…

The preliminary results of the 2016 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) reported that there were 1,129 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over in the formal sector and engaged in Agriculture, Forestry and…

In July to September 2018, the volume of duck egg production reached 10.82 thousand metric tons. It recovered from a decline of 2.49 percent in 2017 to 6.84 percent growth in 2018. The top three producing regions accounted for 54.85 percent of the…