The population of the Philippines as of August 1, 2015 was 100,981,437, based on the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015).

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2015 was estimated at 2.4 million. Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contract comprised 97.1 percent of the…

The year-on-year change of General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level continued to drop as it registered -0.5 percent in March 2016.

The year-on-year change of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up by 1.4 percent in April 2016.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.7 percent in April 2016.

Agriculture posted a 4.53 percent drop in production in the first three (3) months of 2016. The output increments in the livestock and poultry subsectors were not enough to offset the downturn in the performance of the crops and fisheries subsectors…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing accelerated at a slower rate of 1.9 percent in March 2016, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households picked up by 1.1 percent for the first quarter of 2016. It went up by 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 3.1 percent in the first quarter last year. This was due to higher annual growths…

The annual average consumer price index (CPI) in 2015 stood at 141.5 for the Philippines, 131.8 for the National Capital Region (NCR) and 144.6 for areas outside NCR (AONCR).

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items; clothing and footwear; and furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house went up to 0.2 percent in April from 0.1 percent in March.