Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing posted a year-on-year decrease of 5.4 percent from a double-digit decrease of 10.5 percent in October 2011, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2011 reached $100.14 billion, representing a 2.9 percent increment from $97.280 billion registered during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total imports grew by 11.0 percent to $55.506…

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines further slid to 7.4 percent in November from 8.2 percent in October.

Out of the estimated 61.8 million population 15 years old and over in April 2011, 39.7 million were reported to be in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 3). These numbers translate into a labor force…

Out of the estimated 61.5 million population 15 years old and over in January 2011, approximately 39.2 million persons were reported to be in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 3). These figures placed the…

Out of the estimated 61.2 million population 15 years old and over in October 2010, around 39.3 million persons were reported to be in the labor force. These figures placed the labor force participation rate (LFPR) in October 2010 at 64.2 percent as…

The July 2010 LFS registered a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 63.9 percent. The size of the labor force in July 2010 was approximately 38.9 million out of the estimated 60.9 million population 15 years old and over. The LFPR was highest in…

Transport operators, tour and travel agencies reported a total of 67,974 employees in 2009. One in every two employees was employed either in Inter-urban bus line operation (I60111) or Supporting and auxiliary activities to water transport (I63200…

Based on the final results of the 2009 Survey of Tourism Establishment in the Philippines (STEP) conducted nationwide, the Philippines had a total of 1,475 accommodation establishments, 665 or 45.1 percent of which had a total employment of 20 and…

The monthly change of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR inched up to 0.4 percent in December from 0.2 percent in November.