The total quantity of domestic trade during the first quarter of 2017 was registered at 4.85 million tons, down by 9.5 percent from 5.36 million tons of the same quarter of the previous year.

The NSM awards have been instituted since 2002 as a means of providing incentives to participating agencies/organizations in the observance of the NSM. The awards are given in acknowledgement of the outstanding participation of government agencies,…

As of May 1, 2017, the updated second quarter 2017 production forecasts on palay and corn based on standing crop may be lower than the April 2017 Round forecasts. The expected decline in palay production may be due to the reduction of yield brought…

The total rice stock inventory as of May 1, 2017 was 3.21 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 12.88 percent below the 3.69 million metric tons level in May 2016 but 20.13 percent above the previous month’s inventory level of 2.68 million metric…

The annual increment of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further slowed down to 1.0 percent in May 2017.

The annual growth of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) decelerated to 2.4 percent in May 2017.

The annual increase of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further slowed down to 5.1 percent in April 2017.

Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the first quarter of 2017 by the seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic Bay…

The population 15 years old and over in October 2016 was estimated at 68.7 million wherein around 43.7 million persons were reported in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 2). These figures placed the labor…

Almost ten percent of the estimated 39 million Filipinos 6 to 24 years old were out-of-school children and youth (OSCY), according to the results of the 2016 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS). In this report, OSCY refers to family members 6 to…