Export earnings in February 2014 amounted to $4.654 billion, a 24.4 percent increment from $3.741 billion recorded in February 2013.  The positive growth was mainly brought about by the increase of seven major commodities out of the top ten…

The annual hike in the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked-up 1.2 percent in March from 0.7 percent in February.

The annual growth in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 2.4 percent in March from to 2.2 percent in February.

The population aged 15 years and over in October 2013 was estimated at about 64.4 million (Table 1). Of this number, 41.2 million were in the labor force (Table 2 and Table 3). The labor force consists of the employed and the unemployed persons.…

The country’s annual headline inflation further decelerated to 3.9 percent in March from 4.1 percent in February. The downtrend was due to slower annual hikes posted in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco; housing, water, electricity, gas…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing decelerated to 0.4 percent in February 2014 from negative 0.7 percent in January 2014. Eight sectors reflected decreases but the downtrend can be mainly attributed to the double-digit decrease…

On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level inched up 0.1 percent in March from a zero growth last month.

The annual growth in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further slowed down to 1.9 percent in February from 2.3 percent in January. The annual gain in the heavily-weighted food index eased to 2.8 percent in…

During the fourth quarter of 2013 the total quantity of domestic trade transactions decreased by 9.6 percent, resulting to 4.56 million tons from 5.04 million tons reported through the same period of last year. The commodities were traded mostly in…

Based on the results of the 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS) conducted by the University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) and Demographic Research Development Foundation, one in every 10 Filipina teen aged 15 – 19…