The year-on-year change in the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased to 3.6 percent in September from 3.5 percent in August. The annual adjustment in mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials index…

The year-on-year growth in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level jumped to 2.4 percent in August from -0.2 percent in July.

Preliminary results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry for total employment (TE) of 20 and over showed that the total number of establishments for the Philippines declined by 1.7 percent from 24,034 in 2009 to 23,630 in…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry continued to decline as it registered a drop of 1.1 percent in September 2012, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price…

The country’s annual headline inflation rate continued to move at a slower pace as it settled at 3.1 percent in October from 3.6 percent in September. This can be attributed to the deceleration in the annual increases recorded in the heavily-…

Higher monthly adjustment was recorded in the seasonally adjusted consumer price index (CPI) for alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 0.4 percent in October from 0.3 percent in September; clothing and footwear, 0.3 percent from 0.2 percent; housing,…

Quantity and value of domestic trade decrease The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2011 decreased by 6.3 percent, from 20.28 million tons reported in 2010 to 19.00 million tons. The commodities were traded mostly through water,…

This Special Release presents the preliminary results of the 2010 SICT for the core ICT indicators of the Information Economy (IE). Table 1 shows a comparison of the percentages of the core ICT indicators by industry classified as IE for reference…

Total Gross Revenue Index of industries accelerated by in the second quarter of 2012 from the previous year’s growth of Real Estate continued to post the fastest growth at followed by Trade and Transport and Communication which expanded by and…

Total external trade in goods for August 2012 reached $8.855 billion, representing a 4.3 percent decrease from $9.249 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. The decrease can be attributed to the 9.0 percent negative growth of exports from $…