The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in line with its commitment to develop and provide the needed data support to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will conduct the Country Workshop on the Philippine Data Revolution Roadmap for the…

The year-on-year change of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to climb as it recorded 1.7 percent in August 2016. It went up by 1.5 percent in July 2016, while it decreased by 1.2…

Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the second quarter of 2016 by the seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely the Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) leaped as it posted an annual increment of 5.6 percent in July 2016 from a negative 6.6 percent during the same month of 2015, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

The total imported goods by the country for the month of July 2016 amounted to $6.726 billion, a decrease of 1.7 percent from $6.846 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The Philippines’ export sales amounted to $4.673 billion in July 2016, a 13.0 percent decrease from $5.371 billion recorded value in July 2015.

The employment rate in July 2016 was estimated at 94.6 percent. Four regions, namely, CALABARZON (92.4%), National Capital Region (NCR) (93.5%), Central Luzon (93.8%), and Northern Mindanao (93.9%) had the lowest employment rates (Table 4). The…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing decreased at a slower rate of 4.1 percent in July 2016 compared with a negative 6.7 percent during the same period last year.

The annual headline inflation at the national level decelerated to 1.8 percent in August 2016. Last month, it was recorded at 1.9 percent and in August 2015, 0.6 percent. Slowdowns in the annual increases were noted in the indices of food and non-…

Total number of constructions in the second quarter of 2016 reached 39,635, according to the preliminary results of construction statistics from approved building permits. This reflects an increase of 20.2 percent from the 32,974 constructions…