The annual hike in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) gained 2.3 percent in December, the same rate posted last month. This was effected by the mixed movements of the annual growths among the commodity groups…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing slowly declined to 4.0 percent in December 2013 from a negative 4.8 percent in November 2013, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price…

The country’s annual headline inflation inched up to 4.2 percent at the beginning of year 2014 from 4.1 percent in December 2013. This was mainly effected by higher annual increment in the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index.…

The month-on-month growth rate of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level improved to 0.5 percent in January from 0.6 percent in December.

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households in the Philippines jumped to 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter from 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2013.

Total external trade in goods for November 2013 reached $9.527 billion, representing a 8.0 percent increase from $8.819 billion recorded during the same month in 2012.

The year-on-year movement in the country’s General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) jumped to 4.1 percent in November from 2.9 percent in October. This can be attributed to higher annual growths in the indices of all the commodity groups except in…

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) rose 2.4 percent in December from 2.3 percent in November.

Export earnings in November 2013 amounted to $4.292 billion, an 18.9 percent growth from $3.611 billion recorded value in November of 2012. The positive growth was mainly brought by the increase of the top ten commodities for the month. On a…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing continued to pick up as it reported a year-on-year increase of 16.2 percent in November 2013 inspite of the catastrophe that befell the country during this month, according to the preliminary…