The annual mark-up in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further decelerated to 2.8 percent in July from 3.0 percent in June. A slower annual gain was observed in the heavily-weighted food index at 1.0 percent…

The total number of construction projects from approved building permits in the second quarter of 2013 was registered at 29,424.

Institutional population increased by more than 65 thousand Institutional population constitutes that part of the total population whose usual place of residence are institutional living quarters (ILQs) such as hotels, lodging houses, and…

Total external trade in goods for June 2013 reached $9.350 billion, representing a 0.7 percent decline from $9.417 billion recorded during the same month in 2012. This was due to the 4.8 percent downward trend of total imports from $5.103 billion to…

The annual hike in the construction materials retail price index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further decelerated to 1.8 percent in July from 2.1 percent in June.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) rose 2.5 percent in July from 2.3 percent in June.

The annual growth of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level picked up to 2.8 percent in June from 0.3 percent in May.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing grew at a slower rate of 1.5 percent from a two-digit increase of 10.6 percent in May 2013, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

Export earnings in June 2013 amounted to $4.490 billion, a 4.1 percent increment from $4.314 billion recorded in June of 2012. However, on a monthly basis, it dropped by 8.2 percent from $4.893 billion posted in May 2013. The positive growth was…

Investments in total construction across the country amounted to Php 517.2 billion in 2012, 15.1 percent higher than its 2011 level of Php 449.4 billion.