The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR went down to 159.7 April from 159.9 in March while AONCR retained its March level of 176.4.

The country’s annual headline inflation picked up to 4.5 percent in April from 4.3 percent in March. Except in food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) index, all the commodity groups posted higher annual rates. Inflation during the same month a year ago…

The annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level accelerated to 8.2 percent in February from 6.6 percent in January.

On a monthly basis, the growth rate of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR eased to 0.4 percent in March from 1.1 percent in February. The monthly adjustments in electrical and tinsmithry materials indexes declined to -0…

Total external trade in goods for the first two months of 2011 (January to February) reached $17.856 billion, a 16.4 percent increment from $15.341 billion registered during the same period in 2010. Total imports posted a 22.0 percent annual…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing increased at a slower rate of 9.6 percent in February 2011 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI…

The monthly change of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased at a slower pace to 0.5 percent in February from 0.8 percent in January.

The wholesale price index of selected construction materials in the National Capital Region (NCR) further went up to 2.4 percent in March from 1.2 percent in February.

Number of building construction projects nationwide posts 22,879 The total number of construction projects from approved building permits during the fourth quarter of 2010 was recorded at 22,879, reflecting a 24.6 percent drop from 30,325 during…

Export earnings in February 2011 amounted to $3.864 billion, an 8.2 percent increment from $3.570 billion recorded in February of 2010. However, on a monthly basis, it declined by 3.4 percent from $4.000 billion posted in January 2011. Aggregate…