In August of 2014, Philippine’s total external trade in goods reached $5.491 billion, a 1.3 percent decrease from the $5.564 billion value recorded in August of 2013. The decrease in total imports for this period was due to the negative performance…

On an annual basis, the country’s General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) went up at a slower pace of 3.3 percent in August. In July, it was recorded at 3.6 percent and in August 2013, 1.5 percent. During the month, a negative annual rate of 2.2…

A total of 6,435 Human Health and Social Work Activities establishments were covered in the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI). Of the total number, 5,441 establishments or 84.6 percent had total employment (TE) of less than 20…

The Philippines’ export earnings totaled $5.474 billion in August 2014, a 10.5 percent increment from $4.956 billion recorded value in August of 2013.  The positive growth was mainly brought about by the increase of eight major commodities out of…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing recorded a slower growth of 5.1 percent compared with the year-ago figure of 9.8 percent.

The annual change in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further improved to 1.8 percent in September.

The annual gain of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 1.3 percent in September.

The Philippines’ annual headline inflation slowed down to 4.4 percent in September. It was 4.9 percent last month and 2.7 percent during the same month a year ago. The downtrend was primarily due to slower annual growth in the heavily-weighted food…

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level went up at a slower rate of 0.1 in September from 0.4 percent in August.

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing slowly decreased by 2.2 percent in August 2014 compared with negative 6.4 percent during the same period last year.