On 16 April 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the survey in line with the Study on Capability of Philippine Maritime Industry to Supply Merchant Marine Seafarers in the Global Maritime Labour Market by the…

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. Industries that pulled the index up were Real Estate, Private Services and Finance.

In October 2017, the total population 15 years old and over was estimated at 70.4 million wherein the number of persons who were in the labor force was reported at 43.7 million.

The year-on-year change of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up by 2.3 percent in March 2018.

The year-on-year change of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level picked up by 5.0 percent in February 2018.

The annual change of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to move at a faster pace of 6.7 percent in March 2018.

The updated January-March 2018 production estimates on palay and corn based on standing crop as of March 1, 2018 may decrease from the January 2018 Round estimates. The possible down trend in output may be attributed to the reduction in harvest area…

The total rice stocks inventory as of 01 March 2018 was 1,697.37 thousand metric tons (Figure 1). This was 22.00 percent lower than March 2017 record of 2,176.20 thousand metric tons and 5.48 percent lesser than the previous month's inventory level…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) cleared the conduct of the 2018 Labor Turnover Survey on 26 March 2018.

The monthly change of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level increased by 0.6 percent in March 2018.