The Philippines’ export earnings in December 2014 amounted to $4.801 billion, a 3.2 percent decrease from $4.960 billion recorded in December 2013. The decrease in export sales was brought by the negative growth performances of four major…

The final results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) showed that there were 1,747 establishments engaged in construction in the formal sector of the economy. This number was higher by 19.3 percent from the 1,464…

The continuous decline in the annual movement of the indices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels and transport further pushed down the country’s headline inflation to 2.4 percent during the beginning of the year 2015. It was recorded…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing went down by 2.9 percent in December 2014 compared to negative 4.1 percent posted in December 2013.

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level rose 0.3 percent in January 2015 following a 0.1 percent decrease in December 2014.

The annual growth in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 2.3 percent in December 2014. Last month, it grew by 3.0 percent and in December 2013, 2.4 percent. The slowdown resulted primarily from…

The country’s inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households slowed down to 5.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014. It was posted at 6.8 percent in the previous quarter and 4.8 percent in the same quarter last year. This can be attributed to…

The  country’s  total  imported  goods  for November 2014 amounted to $4.989 billion, a decrease of 10.8 percent from $5.593 billion recorded during the same period a year ago. The decline in total imports for this period was due to the…

The population aged 15 years and over in July 2014 is estimated at 64.070 million. Out of this number, 41.231 million persons were in the labor force. These figures translate to a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 64.4 percent. Among the…

The final results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) showed that there were 317 establishments engaged in mining and quarrying activities in the formal sector of the economy.