The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted the clearance of the conduct of the Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey (SLOS) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on 24 March 2018.

At the national level, the monthly growth of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items and clothing and footwear both moved up at a slower pace of 0.2 percent in May from 0.3 percent in April.

Final results of the 2015 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that a total of 2,823 establishments in the formal sector of the economy were engaged in Information and Communication activities.

The employment rate in April 2018 was estimated at 94.5 percent. In April 2017, the employment rate was 94.3 percent.

The annual increase of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 4.0 percent in April 2018. Its annual rate in March 2018 was pegged at 4.2 percent and in April 2017, 3.9 percent. The annual growth of…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing slightly increased at a rate of 0.5 percent in April 2018 from negative growth of 1.7 percent during the same period of previous year.

Cattle production for the first quarter of 2018 almost remained at the same level a year ago. Production was estimated at 61,986 metric tons, liveweight from last year’s output of 61,983 metric tons.

Duck egg production during the first quarter of 2018 (10,652 metric tons) declined by 2.41 percent compared to the production in the same period in 2017. Central Luzon was the highest producer of duck egg with gross output of 3,912 metric tons.

Goat production in the 1st quarter of 2018 was 0.18 percent higher than last year’s record of 19.19 thousand metric tons, liveweight. Nine (9) out of 16 regions posted increases in production. Central Luzon, Ilocos Region and Central Visayas were…

Total chicken production (439,956 metric tons) during the first quarter of 2018 increased by 4.93 percent compared to previous year’s level of 419,303 metric tons. Of the total chicken production, 79.89 percent was contributed by the broiler chicken…