The labor turnover rate for the reference quarter at 2.10 percent was 0.83 percentage point higher than the 1.27 percent rate registered in the previous quarter, though slightly lower than the 2.30 percent growth recorded in the same quarter last…

Survey results showed that 6.7 percent or 2,099 establishments out of the total 31,277 establishments with 20 or more workers had unions in 2016, a minimal increase of almost 1 percent from the 5.8 percent share in 2014. (Table 1)

The final results of the 2015 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that a total of 27,028 establishments in the formal sector of the economy were engaged in Accommodation and Food Service Activities.

The Negros Island Region (NIR) was abolished through Executive Order No. 38 – “Revoking Executive Order No. 183 (s. 2015) which Created a Negros Island Region and for Other Purposes”, signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 07 August 2017. The…

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 7.4 percent in the second quarter of 2017. This was lower than the 8.4 percent growth in the same quarter of the previous year. This performance was led by Real Estate, Finance, and Transportation and Communication…

As of September 1, 2017, the updated third quarter 2017 production forecasts on palay and corn based on standing crop may be slightly less than the July 2017 Round forecasts. The probable reduction in palay and corn production may be due to the…

The annual adjustment of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further picked up by 3.9 percent in August 2017.

The Construction Materials Wholesale PriceIndex (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to move up at a faster pace of 3.2 percent in September 2017.

The annual change of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up by 1.5 percent in September 2017.

The country’s total external trade in goods was recorded at $75.586 billion, expanding by 15.3 percent from $65.579 billion in 2016. Total imports payments went up by 14.3 percent to $44.302 billion in 2017 from $38.746 billion in 2016, whereas,…