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Merchandise Export Performance : September 2011

 

Export earnings in September 2011 went down by 27.4 percent from $5.341 billion to $3.876 billion recorded during the same period of the previous year. Month-on-month, it fell by 6.0 percent from $4.123 billion in August 2011. Total receipts from…
Employment Situation in July 2009

 

The July 2009 LFS registered a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 64.6 percent. The size of the labor force in July 2009 was approximately 38.4 million out of the estimated 59.5 million population 15 years old and over. The LFPR was highest in…
Employment Situation in April 2009

 

Out of the estimated 59.1 million population 15 years old and over in April 2009, 37.8 million were in the labor force. This placed the labor force participation rate (LFPR) at 64.0 percent, higher than last year's rate of 63.2 percent. The highest…
Employment Situation in January 2009

 

The number of persons in the labor force, or those who are either employed or unemployed, was estimated at 37.1 million out of the reported 58.7 million population 15 years old and over in January 2009. These numbers translate into a labor force…
General Wholesale Price Index (1998=100) : August 2011

 

The annual change in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further slowed down to 8.4 percent in August from 9.8 percent in July.
Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : October 2011

 

The country’s annual headline inflation rate accelerated to 5.2 percent in October from 4.8 percent in September. This was due to higher annual increments in food and non-alcoholic beverages; alcoholic beverages and tobacco; and housing, water,…
Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2000=100) : October 2011

 

 

OCTOBER AND SEPTEMBER 2011


 

Year-on-Year Inflation Rates, All Items 

Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2000=100) : October 2011

 

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly moved up to 164.1 and 179.0 in October from their respective September levels of 161.3 and 177.3.
General Retail Price Index in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : September 2011

 

On a monthly basis, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased 0.3 percent in September from -0.1 percent in August. Higher increments were posted in the heavily weighted food index at 0.4 percent in…
Producer Price Survey : September 2011

 

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing sector accelerated to 1.9 percent in September from 0.5 percent in August 2011, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. This can be attributed to the…