The annual growth of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 3.5 percent in April 2017.

The seasonally adjusted palay production for January-March 2017 was 4.66 million metric tons, slightly higher by 1.0 percent from the 4.62 million metric tons output in the fourth quarter of 2016. The increase in production was due to more area…

As of April 1, 2017, the total rice stock inventory was 2.68 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 20.35 percent lower than the 3.36 million metric tons level in April 2016 but 22.95 percent higher than the previous month’s inventory level of 2.…

The Philippine Statistics Authority PSA) clears the conduct of the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), through its Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS) on 17 April 2017. The NDHS will be conducted from August to…

The country’s total export sales amounted to $5.579 billion in March 2017, an increase of 21.0 percent from $4.611 billion recorded value in the same month a year ago.

The total imported goods by the country for the month of March 2017 amounted to $7.882 billion, an increase of 24.0 percent from $6.358 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing significantly rose to 12.2 percent in March 2017 compared with the 0.8 percent growth during the same month of the previous year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

The annual average consumer price index (CPI) in 2016 was recorded at 144.0 for the Philippines, 133.4 for the National Capital Region (NCR) and 147.4 for areas outside NCR (AONCR).

On page 3, Total Number of Clients Served by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), by Sex for (a) Children and (b) Youth are reflected as follows: DSWD provided corrections as of 24 April 2017 on the figures they sent earlier (…

The total number of establishments in the human health and social work activities sector was estimated at 6,729 according to final results of the 2014 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry. About 85.3 percent or 5,741 establishments of…