At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items moved up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in July from 0.3 percent in June; alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 0.6 percent from 0.7 percent; and health, 0.1 percent from 0.2 percent.

Hospital industry leads the sector Final results of the 2013 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry covered a total of 6,673 establishments engaged in Human health and social work activities. About 5,673 or 85.0 percent were…

The year-on-year growth of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further went up by 2.6 percent in June 2016. Last month, it was recorded at 2.2 percent and in June 2015, 0.9 percent. The uptrend was mainly due…

The country's inflation for the bottom 30% income households went up 1.2 percent in the second quarter of 2016. It was recorded at 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016 and 2.1 percent during the same quarter in 2015. Higher annual increase was…

The economy of Bicol Region recorded the fastest growth among the 17 regions of the country in 2015 - growing at 8.4 percent and surpassing its growth of 4.3 percent in 2014. It was followed by Western Visayas and Davao Region which grew by 8.3…

The year-on-year growth of General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up 0.3 percent in May. Last month, it was posted at -0.3 percent and in May 2015, -4.1 percent. This was due to higher annual increment registered in the…

The total imported goods by the country for the month of May 2016 amounted to $6.736 billion, an increase of 39.3 percent from $4.834 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) thru the 13th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) Scientific Program Committee extends the deadline for submission of final manuscripts of accepted abstracts for the 13th NCS to 15 August 2016.

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from the 7.4 percent last year. This performance was led by Real Estate, Transportation and Communication, and Trade.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further climbed to 1.3 percent in June 2016.