The seasonally adjusted December CPI of FBT items in NCR was registered at its November level of 157.3. In AONCR, its level went up to 172.4 from 171.4.
According to the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), ordinary rice was consumed by approximately 15 million families at an average of 463 kg per family per year or 8.9 kg a week (Table 1). Classified as ordinary rice are regular…
Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing sustained a year-on-year growth as it posted 8.7 percent in October 2010, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was…
Total external trade in goods for January to October 2010 reached $87.911 billion, a 31.4 percent increment from $66.897 billion registered during the same period in 2009. Total imports posted a 26.3 percent annual increase to $44.826 billion from $…
The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to post a zero growth in November as prices in most of the commodity groups generally remained stable during the month.
Quantity of domestic trade increases, value declines
The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the third quarter of 2010 increased by 7.3 percent, resulting to 4.50 million tons from 4.19 million tons reported during the same period of…
The employment rate or the proportion of employed persons to total labor force was recorded at 92.9 percent in October 2010. This figure was the same as the estimate in October 2009.
A Medical Laboratory Science student from the Saint Louis University (SLU)-Baguio City won the first place in the 19th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) National Finals held at the Assembly Hall, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Manila on December…
The annual headline inflation rate at the national level went up to 3.0 percent in November from 2.8 percent in October primarily due to the jump in the annual growth in fuel, light and water (FLW) index to 12.0 percent from 8.3 percent in October…