The country’s export earnings totaled $5.849 billion in September 2014, a 15.7 percent growth from $5.056 billion recorded value in September of 2013.  The rise in export sales was brought by the positive growth performances of six major commodities…

Among the four major sources of funds for health, Social Insurance grew the fastest at 32.3 percent, from PhP 39,209 million in 2011 to PhP 51,863 million in 2012. This is followed by Rest of the World, which grew by 14.6 percent, Private Sources by…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing slowly moved down by 1.2 percent in September 2014 compared with negative 6.8 percent in September 2013.

The annual headline inflation at the national level continued to move at a slower pace of 4.3 percent in October. Last month, it was registered at 4.4 percent and in October 2013, 2.9 percent. The slowdown resulted from the lower annual increments…

The month-on-month growth rate of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level inched up 0.2 percent in October from 0.1 in September.

The annual gain in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 3.2 percent in September 2014. Last month, it grew by 3.7 percent and in September 2013, 1.7 percent. Annual declines were still registered…

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level picked up 6.8 percent in the third quarter of 2014.

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2013 increased by 0.5 percent, from 21.57 million tons reported in 2012 to 21.68 million tons in 2013. The commodities were traded mostly through water, comprising 99.8 percent of the total…

The country's total external trade in goods for the first semester of 2014 reached $61.264 billion, representing an increase of 7.0 percent from $57.267 billion for the same period in 2013.

Total Gross Revenue Index of key industries grew by in the second quarter of 2014, higher than the expansion a year ago.