Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the third quarter of 2014 by the seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone…

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

According to the United Nations, violence against women is an act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or…

The employment rate in October 2014 is estimated at 94.0 percent. The employment rate for October 2013 is estimated at 93.6 percent. Four regions, namely, National Capital Region (NCR) (90.2%), Ilocos Region (92.5%), Central Luzon (92.6%), and…

The Philippines’ export revenue totaled $5.173 billion in October 2014, a 2.9 percent increase from $5.027 billion recorded value in October of 2013.  The rise in export sales was brought by the positive growth performances of five major commodities…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) went up to 7.2 percent in October 2014, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

Year-on-year headline inflation in the Philippines further decelerated to 3.7 percent in November. It was 4.3 percent last month and 3.3 percent during the same month last year. The slower annual rates exhibited in the indices of food and non-…

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level decreased by 0.1 percent in November from 0.2 percent in October.

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing declined at a slower pace of 0.3 percent in October 2014 compared with negative 5.7 percent in October 2013.

Total number of construction projects generated from approved building permits was recorded at 29,616 during the third quarter of 2014. This number represents a slight increase of 471 projects or 1.6 percent compared to 29,145 construction projects…