Total foreign investments (FI)  approved in the second quarter of 2013 by the seven  investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic…

Export earnings in July 2013 amounted to $4.836 billion, a 2.3 percent increment from $4.727 billion recorded in July of 2012. Similarly, on a monthly basis, it grew by 7.7 percent from $4.490 billion posted in June 2013. The positive growth was…

Based on the July 2013 Labor Force Survey (LFS), the employment rate in July 2013 is estimated at 92.7 percent. In comparison, the employment rate reported for the same month of 2012 was 93.0 percent. Among the regions, the National Capital Region…

The year-on-year increase in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 2.0 percent in August from 2.5 percent in July.

The country’s General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) further went up to 3.5 percent in July from 2.7 percent in June. It resulted from a higher annual gain in the food index at 3.2 percent in July from

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing accelerated as it posted an annual growth of 5.2 percent in July 2013, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

The annual hike in the construction materials retail price index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) remained at its previous month’s rate of 1.8 percent.

Compared with July 2013, the seasonally adjusted CPI for recreation and culture went up 0.3 percent in August from zero growth.

The annual headline inflation at the national level further decelerated to 2.1 percent in August from 2.5 percent in July mainly due to the annual decrease in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels index.

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing declined by -6.0 percent in July 2013, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey.