Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing recorded a two-digit annual growth of 10.7 percent from a single-digit growth of 7.7 percent in July 2013, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

The Philippines’ annual headline inflation accelerated to 2.7 percent in September from 2.1 percent in August. A higher annual increment in the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index primarily brought about the uptrend. Faster…

The annual hike in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further decelerated to 1.7 percent in August from 2.8 percent in July. The heavily-weighted food index post a negative rate of 1.0 percent in August from 1…

The search is on for the country's young statistics wizards. The National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Philippine Statistical Association, Inc. (PSAI) invite all Filipino first-time freshmen students currently enrolled during the second semester…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing slowly decelerated to 5.9 percent in August 2013 from negative 6.2 percent in July 2013, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price…

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items rose 0.5 percent in September from 0.3 percent in August.

The total value of commodity flow within the country increased by 4.5 percent from PHP139.91 billion in the second quarter of 2012 to PHP146.24 billion in the same period of 2013.

The country’s new construction projects from approved building permits in 2012 was recorded at 121,051. This number posted an annual increase of 7.2 percent compared to 112,881 construction projects in 2011.

The population 15 years old and over in January 2013 was estimated at 63.7 million wherein around 40.8 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…

Total external trade in goods for July 2013 reached $10.322 billion, representing a 5.6 percent improvement from $9.775 billion recorded during the same month in 2012. This was due to the 8.7 percent and 2.3 percent growth on total imports and…