Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing picked up to 0.3 percent in March 2014 from negative 0.7 percent in February 2014, the first time after 20 months of posting negative rates since June 2012.

The year-on-year change of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up to 2.2 percent in March from 1.9 percent in February. The annual hike in the heavily-weighted food index was higher at 3.0 percent in…

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2013 was estimated at 2.3 million. The Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contract abroad comprised 96.2…

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households picked up to 5.7 percent for the first quarter of 2014 from 4.8 percent in the last quarter of 2013. This was effected by higher quarterly average inflation recorded in food, beverages and tobacco (FBT…

The annual average consumer price index (CPI) in 2013 was pegged at 134.0 for the Philippines, 126.4 for the National Capital Region (NCR) and 136.3 for areas outside NCR (AONCR).

The country’s total imported goods for February 2014 amounted to $4.721 billion, slightly increasing by 0.3 percent from $4.707 billion recorded during the same period a year ago. The increase in total imports was due to the positive performance of…

Real estate activities with own or leased property dominates the sector Preliminary results of the 2012Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) showed that a total of 422 establishments with total employment of 20 and over were engaged in…

Hospital activities lead the sector Preliminary results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry showed that a total of 951 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over were engaged in Human Health and Social Work…

The year-on-year growth of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further decelerated to 4.0 percent in February from 4.8 percent in January.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing posted an annual rate of 0.9 percent in February 2014, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).