From among various time-rated workers on full-time basis, aircraft pilots, navigators and flight engineers received the highest monthly wage rate in the amount of P116,714 in 2016 (Table 1). This was followed by securities and finance dealers and…

The year-on-year growth of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) was pegged at 1.1 percent in August 2017.

The country’s total external trade in goods in July 2017 reached $12.22 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent from $11.95 billion registered in July 2016.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing went down by 2.0 percent in July 2017 compared with 7.7 percent growth during the same month of the previous year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

The employment rate in July 2017 was estimated at 94.4 percent. In July 2016, the employment rate was 94.6 percent. Regions with lowest employment rates were Ilocos Region (91.8%), National Capital Region (NCR) (92.1%), and Central Luzon (92.9%).

The total rice stock inventory as of August 1, 2017 was 2,028.00 thousand metric tons (Figure 1). This was 3.57 percent below the 2,103.16 thousand metric tons level in August 2016 and 13.62 percent lower than the previous month’s inventory level of…

As of August 1, 2017, the updated third quarter 2017 production forecasts on palay based on standing crop may be lesser than the July 2017 Round forecasts. On the other hand, the probable corn output may be greater than from the July 2017 Round…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted the Commission on Population - Region VI (POPCOM VI) clearance for the conduct of the Census of Migration in the Municipality of Malay, Aklan. The census was cleared through the Statistical Survey…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) clearance for the conduct of the survey entitled Welfare Issues on Price Control on Occasions of Calamities, Emergencies and Like Occurrences.…

The preliminary results of the 2015 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) accounted a total of 8,332 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over, engaged in Wholesale and Retail trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and…