The year-on-year change of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further moved downward as it recorded a 0.4 percent drop in February 2016.

The employment rate in January 2016 was estimated at 94.2 percent. Three regions, namely, Central Luzon (92.5%), CALABARZON (92.5%), and National Capital Region (NCR) (93.1%) had employment rates significantly lower than the national figure (Table…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing significantly rose to 26.5 percent in January 2016 compared with the negative 1.1 percent in January 2015, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

The Philippines’ export sales amounted to $4.187 billion in January 2016, a 3.9 percent decrease from $4.357 billion recorded value in January 2015.

Total number of constructions generated from approved building permits in the fourth quarter of 2015 reached 31,638. This number represents an increase of 7.5 percent compared with the 29,443 constructions recorded during the same quarter in 2014.

The headline inflation at the national level slowed down to 0.9 percent in February 2016. It was posted at 1.3 percent a month ago and 2.5 percent in February 2015. Annual declines were noted in the indices of housing, water, electricity, gas, and…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing dropped by 6.0 percent in January 2016 compared with 3.7 percent a year ago.

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level went down by 0.1 percent in February from a 0.1 percent growth in January.

The Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey (ARTA RCS) was granted a new clearance number by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for 2016. The ARTA RCS is a client feedback survey of government service offices with the objective of reducing…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) authorized the conduct of 2016 Business Expectations Survey (BES) after granting its clearance last 9 February 2016. The survey to be conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will generate…