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Producer Price Survey : May 2012

 

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing sector picked up to 1.6 percent in May 2012 from 1.5 percent in April, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. The uptick can be attributed to the…
Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : June 2012

 

The month-on-month growth rate of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level inched up 0.4 percent in June from 0.3 percent in May. It resulted from upward movements in the seasonally adjusted CPI for housing, water, electricity…
Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : June 2012

 

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines further dipped to 2.8 percent in June from 2.9 percent in May. The downtrend was brought about by the slower annual increments posted in the indices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco;…
Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits : First Quarter 2012 (Preliminary Results)

 

The country’s private construction projects authorized by building permits in the first quarter of 2012 totaled to 29,585. This reflects a 4.4 percent annual increase from 28,347 construction projects during the same quarter in 2011…
Commodity Flow in the Philippines : First Quarter 2012 (Preliminary Results)

 

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the first quarter of 2012 increased by 4.7 percent, resulting to 4.73 million tons from 4.51 million tons reported during the same period of last year. The commodities were traded mostly through…
External Trade Performance : April 2012

 

Total external trade in goods for April 2012 reached $9.405 billion, representing a 4.3 percent decrease from $9.832 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. This was due to the 13.7 percent decline in total imports from $5.525 billion to $4.…
Total Number of OFWs is Estimated at 2.2 Million (Results from the 2011 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)

 

The total number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2011 was estimated at 2.2 million. The estimate for the same period of 2010 was 2.0 million. The overseas contract workers (OCWs)…
General Wholesale Price Index (1998=100) : April 2012

 

The annual growth of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the country went up at a slower pace of 1.2 percent in April from 2.6 percent in March. This was effected by the decline in the annual rate of crude materials, inedible except fuels…
Women in Poor Households Are Less Likely To Practice Family Planning (Results from the 2011 Family Health Survey)

 

Use of family planning (FP) method is lower among women in poor households than those in non-poor households (43.1 percent versus 51.3 percent), according to the results of the 2011 Family Health Survey (FHS). The difference is mainly due to the…
Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : May 2012

 

The annual increment of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR eased to 2.6 percent in May from 2.9 percent in April.