The annual gain in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further slowed down to 1.5 percent in May 2015. Last month, it grew by 1.8 percent and in May 2014, 2.6 percent. The indices of mineral fuels, lubricants…

The country's total external trade in goods in 2014 reached $127.500 billion, expanding by 7.0 percent from $119.108 billion in 2013.

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions during the first quarter of 2015 decreased by 2.4 percent, resulting from 5.13 million tons in 2014 to 5.01 million tons. The commodities were traded mostly through water comprising 99.9 percent and…

The total imported goods by the country for the month of April 2015 amounted to $4.677 billion, a decrease of 12.8 percent from $5.366 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The year-on-year change of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level continued to post a negative rate of 4.3 percent in April.

The Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) dropped by 0.2 percent in May.

The annual change in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) at the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to drop as it recorded a negative rate of 0.4 percent in May.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing exhibited an annual drop of 4.2 percent in April 2015 compared with the two-digit growth of 10.9 percent during the same month last year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The Philippines’ export sales totaled $4.376 billion in April 2015, a 4.1 percent decrease from $4.563 billion recorded value in April of 2014.  The negative growth was mainly brought about by the decrease of eight major commodities out of the top…

The employment rate in April 2015 was estimated at 93.6 percent. The employment rate for April 2014 was estimated at 93.0 percent. Four regions, namely, National Capital Region (NCR) (90.7%), Ilocos Region (91.6%), Central Luzon (92.0%), and…