Total imported merchandise for January 2014 amounted to $5.757 billion, representing a 21.8 percent increase from $4.727 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The preliminary results of the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) indicate some improvement in delivery care in the Philippines. In particular, the findings unveil an increase in facility-based deliveries and in births delivered by…

The year-on-year growth in the country’s General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) decelerated to 4.8 percent at the beginning of the year 2014 from 5.3 percent in December 2013. Slower annual increases were posted in the indices of beverages and tobacco…

The year-on-year increment in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 2.2 percent in February from 2.4 percent last month.

The annual growth of the construction materials retail price index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) advanced 0.7 percent in February from 0.5 percent in January.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing reflected a slower annual increment of 7.3 percent in January 2014, after registering a two-digit growth in the last five months of 2013, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

Total exported merchandise increased by 9.3 percent to $4.382 billion in January 2014 from $4.011 billion in January 2013. The positive growth was mainly brought about by the increase of seven major commodities out of the top ten commodities for…

On a monthly basis, the rate of change in the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level remained stable as it posted a zero growth in February from 0.6 percent in January.

The year-on-year headline inflation at the national level slowed down to 4.1 percent in February from 4.2 percent in January. This was due to slower annual movements registered in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco and transport. Those…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing accelerated to 0.1 percent in January 2014 from negative 4.0 percent in December 2013, the first time after posting negative annual rates for nineteen months since June 2012.