On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further moved up by 3.1 percent in December 2016. It picked up by 2.1 percent in November 2016, and 0.1 percent in December 2015.

There are 6,653 manufacturing establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over, according to the preliminary results of the 2014 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI).

The number of registered marriages showed an erratic trend for the past 10 years. The most notable change occurred in 2013 which recorded a decrease of 8.2 percent from 482,399 in 2012 to 442,603. It is also interesting to note that from that year…

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions via water and air increased by 21.4 percent to 4.09 million tons during the third quarter of 2016 from 3.37 million tons in the same period of 2015

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) renewed the clearances of conduct of the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) and the Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI) through the Statistical Survey Review…

Agriculture contracted by 1.11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016. The devastating effects of Typhoons “Karen” and “Lawin” pulled down production in the crops and fisheries subsectors. Meanwhile, the livestock and poultry subsectors posted output…

As of November 1, 2014, the total rice stock inventory was 2.95 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 63.6 percent higher than last month’s inventory of 1.81 million metric tons and 21.1 percent above the 2.44 million metric tons record in…

The total rice stock inventory as of October 1, 2014 was 1.81 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 21.3 percent higher than last month's inventory of 1.49 million metric tons and 1.9 percent above the 1.77 million metric tons record in…

The total rice stock inventory as of April 1, 2015 was 2.54 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 16.5 percent above the 2.18 million metric tons record in April 2014 and 12.2 percent higher than last month’s inventory of 2.27 million metric tons.

The total rice stock inventory as of August 1, 2015 was 2.24 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 30.4 percent higher than the 1.72 million metric tons record in August 2014 but 12.6 percent lower than last month’s inventory of 2.57 million…