The total external trade in goods in 2013 reached $119.108 billion, accounting for 4.3 percent increase from $114.228 billion in 2012. The growth of the external trade was due to the increase of both inward and outward trading of goods.

The latest Input-Output, the 2006 Input-Output Accounts of the Philippines is the tenth (10th) of a series of inter-industry studies of the Philippine economy since the construction of the first benchmark I-O table in 1961. The first two series,…

The total value of commodities that flowed within the country increased by 29.3 percent from PHP131.00 billion in the first quarter of 2013 to PHP169.44 billion in the same period of 2014.

The annual growth in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) advanced 2.6 percent in May. It resulted from faster annual increments in the indices of the heavily-weighted food at 3.8 percent; mineral fuels,…

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

Total external trade in goods for April 2014 amounting to $5.309 billion, increased by 3.0 percent from $5.153 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The preliminary results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) showed that there were 901 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over engaged in construction.

According to the preliminary results of the 2012 Census of the Philippine Business and Industry conducted nationwide, the Philippines had a total of 439 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over engaged in Other Service Activities.…

The year-on-year growth of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up to 5.2 percent in April. Last month, the index moved at 4.6 percent and in April 2013, -1.4 pe

The population 15 years old and over in January 2014 was estimated at 61.8 million wherein around 39.4 million persons were reported to be in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 3). These figures placed the…