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Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : March 2013

 

The annual increase in the construction materials retail price index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region eased to 3.8 percent in March from 4.2 percent in February.
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Merchandise Export Performance : February 2013

 

Export earnings in February 2013 amounted to $3.741 billion, a 15.6 percent decrement from $4.430 billion recorded in February of 2012. Similarly, on a monthly basis, it decreased by 6.7 percent from $4.011 billion posted in January 2013. The down…
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Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries : February 2013

 

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry made a turnaround as it dropped 1.3 percent in February 2013 from a 5.8 percent growth posted the previous month, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…
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Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : March 2013

 

Year-on-year headline inflation in the Philippines decelerated to 3.2 percent in March from 3.4 percent in February. The indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; furnishing, household equipment…
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Producer Price Survey : February 2013

 

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry slowly slid to negative 9.1 percent in February 2013, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey. This was brought…
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Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : March 2013

 

At the national level, the monthly growth of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items improved to 0.2 percent in March from 0.3 percent in February.
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2012 Approved Foreign Investments Posts Highest Level Since 1996

 

Total approved foreign investments (FI) for 2012 surpassed the previous year’s record level of PhP 258.2 billion, up by 12.0 percent reaching PhP 289.1 billion worth of investment pledges. Likewise, the approved FI for Q4 2012 was the highest since…
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Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits : Fourth Quarter 2012 (Preliminary Results)

 

New construction projects grow by 13.5 percent
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General Retail Price Index in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : February 2013

 

The annual growth in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased to 3.6 percent in February from 3.1 percent in January. A higher annual increment was recorded in the heavily-weighted food index at 2.1…
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Marriage: Philippines 2011

 

There were 476,408 marriages registered in 2011 showing a decline of 1.3 percent from the previous year’s figure of 482,480. Since 2009, the number of registered marriages in the country has been declining.
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