The final results of the 2015 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that a total of 2,680 establishments in the formal sector of the economy were engaged in Transportation and Storage activities. Among industries, freight…

The annual change of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up by 4.2 percent in March 2018. Its annual growth in the previous month was registered at 3.8 percent and in March 2017, 4.4 percent. Higher…

The country’s year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households went up by 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2018. This was higher than the 3.4 percent annual growth in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 2.8 percent in the first quarter of…

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2017 was estimated at 2.3 million.

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for total manufacturing slowly declined by 0.9 percent in March 2018 from the negative 0.4 percent during the same period last year.

Employment in enterprises in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased gradually in the fourth quarter of 2017 at 1.38 percent. The labor turnover rate for this quarter at 1.38 percent was marginally higher by 0.28 percentage point relative to…

All seventeen regions posted positive economic growth in 2017 with CAR’s economy growing the fastest. Among the regions, nine (9) recorded accelerated economies during the year.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in collaboration with the University of the Philippines (UP), particularly, the UP Population Institute (UPPI), will hold the National Migration Survey (NMS) in 2,940 areas (primary sampling units) across…

During the first quarter of 2018, two (2) barangays were created in the provinces of Occidental Mindoro and Ifugao and ten (10) barangays were created as a result of fragmentation of four (4) barangays. Meanwhile, the four (4) original barangays…

On 17 April 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance to the conduct of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) survey entitled Consumer Knowledge on Functional Foods and Acceptability of Rice-based Functional Food…