For the years 2000-2010, the average share of tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA) to the country’s GDP is about 5.8 percent. TDGVA’s share to total GDP provides measure of the economic contribution of tourism to the economy. TDGVA in 2010…

On a monthly basis, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a zero growth in November from 0.7 percent in October as beverages and tobacco and miscellaneous manufactured articles indexes also registered a…

Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the third quarter of 2011 decreased by 4.5 percent, resulting to 4.30 million tons from 4.50 million tons reported during the same period of…

The employment rate or the proportion of employed persons to total labor force in October 2011 is estimated at 93.6 percent. This is higher than the estimate for October last year, which is 92.9 percent.

The monthly growth in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.7 percent in November from zero growth in October.

The country’s export revenue in October 2011 declined by 14.6 percent to $4.088 billion from $4.788 billion recorded in October of previous year. Month-on-month, however,  it expanded by 4.9 percent from $3.897 billion in September 2011.

The monthly change of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR inched up to 0.2 percent in November from 0.1 percent in October.

A freshman Electronics and Communications Engineering student from the Ateneo de Zamboanga University bested 16 other regional champions to give Zamboanga Peninsula its second national championship trophy in the Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ). The…

 

NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER 2011

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Year-on-Year Inflation Rates, All Items 

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR was posted at 163.0 in November and in AONCR, at 179.6. Seasonal factors like the on-going harvest season of palay observed in selected regions lowered prices of rice in AONCR. Thus, prices of FBT…