The final results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry showed that a total of 6,979 establishments were engaged in Administrative and Support Service Activities. Establishments with total employment (TE) of less than 20 comprised 5…

The year-on-year movement of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level continued to drop in January 2015 as it recorded a negative rate of 6.6 percent.

The employment rate in January 2015 was estimated at 93.4 percent. The employment rate for January 2014 was estimated at 92.5 percent. Four regions, namely, National Capital Region (NCR) (90.7%), CALABARZON (91.4%), Ilocos Region (91.5%), and…

The annual growth of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 1.5 percent in February 2015.

The year-on-year change in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to decline as it recorded a negative rate of 1.4 percent in February.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) slightly decelerated by 1.8 percent in January 2015, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

The  country’s  export  earnings  totaled  $4.357  billion  in  January  2015, a 0.5 percent decrement from $4.379 billion recorded value in January of 2014.  The negative growth was mainly brought about by the decrease of five major…

Total number of construction projects authorized by building permits in the fourth quarter of 2014 reached 29,443. This reflects an increase of 18.7 percent from the 24,796 construction projects recorded during the same quarter in 2013.

The Philippines’ year-on-year headline inflation inched up to 2.5 percent in February. It was posted at 2.4 percent last month and 4.1 percent during the same period a year ago. Mixed movements in the annual growths among the commodity groups were…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing decelerated by 4.1 percent in January 2015 compared to negative 1.0 percent posted in January 2014.