The annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the country accelerated to 10.5 percent in April from 9.6 percent in March.

On a monthly basis, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went down to -0.8 percent in May from 1.1 percent in April. Annual movement in the index of crude materials, inedible except fuels dropped by -21.5…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing sector advanced to 1.4 percent in May 2011 from 1.3 percent in April, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. This was influenced by the double-digit…

The country’s annual headline inflation went up to 5.2 percent in June from 5.0 percent in May. Higher annual increments were recorded in alcoholic beverages and tobacco; clothing and footwear; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels;…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR moved up to 160.1 in June from 159.9 in May while in AONCR, its level went down to 175.8 from 176.1.

 

JUNE AND MAY 2011

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Year-on-Year Inflation Rates, All Items 

Quantity and value of domestic trade increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 6.4 percent, resulting to 4.51 million tons from 4.24 million tons reported during the same period of last…

There were 1,749,878 live births registered in 2007. The figure is higher by 86,849 or 5.2 percent from the 1,663,029 live births reported in 2006.

The annual movement in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines went up to 9.1 percent in March from 8.2 percent in February.

Quantity and value of domestic trade rises The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2010 increased by 4.6 percent, resulting from 19.40 million tons to 20.28 million tons reported in 2010. The commodities were traded mostly through…