The year-on-year change in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further dropped to 1.2 percent in August.

President Benigno S. Aquino III recently signed Proclamation No. 1106 which declared the years 2015 to 2024 as Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade (CRVS). Said proclamation is a concrete manifestation of the Philippine government's…

Based on approved building permits, total number of constructions in the second quarter of 2015 was recorded at 32,974. This number merely grew by 0.7 percent compared with the 32,729 constructions recorded during the same quarter of 2014.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing dropped by negative 6.9 percent in July 2015, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

The country’s export revenues totaled $5.327 billion in July 2015, a 1.8 percent decline from $5.425 billion recorded value in July of 2014.  The negative growth was mainly brought about by the decrease of eight major commodities out of the top ten…

The employment rate in July 2015 was estimated at 93.5 percent. Four regions, namely, Central Luzon (91.2%), Ilocos Region (91.8%), National Capital Region (NCR) (91.8%), and CALABARZON (92.0%) had employment rates lower than the national figure (…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in partnership with the Philippine Statistical Association, Inc. (PSAI) announced the conduct of the 24th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ), and encouraged all Filipino first time freshmen students currently…

The General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up to 1.0 percent in July. It recorded a 0.9 percent growth last month and in July 2014, 3.1 percent. The heavily-weighted food index registered a higher annual mark-…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing went down by 6.4 percent in July 2015 compared with negative 1.5 percent in July 2014.

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items grew by 0.2 percent in August from a zero growth in July.