The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry slowed down as it pasted -6.5 percent in October 2010 compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. Three out of…

On an annual basis, the movement of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further slowed down to 3.6 percent in September from 3.7 percent in August.

Total external trade in goods for January to September 2010 reached $78.246 billion, a 31.9 percent increment from $59.341 billion registered during the same period in 2009. Total imports posted a 26.0 percent annual increase to $39.938 billion from…

The 17 national finalists, who will vie for this year's Philippine Statistic's Quiz (PSQ) National Finals, have already been determined after the regional championship simultaneously held last November 23, 2010 nationwide.

Total population grew by 2.04 percent annually

On a monthly basis, a higher price gain was observed in the index of fuels and lubricants at 1.8 percent from -2.7 percent; plywood, 1.5 percent from zero growth; and wood products, 0.5 percent from 0.1 percent.

Filipino families earned P206 thousand on the average, and spent P176 thousand on the average in 2009, based from the preliminary results of the 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES). These figures translate to an average annual family…

Total foreign direct investments (FDI) approved in the third quarter of 2010 by the four major investment promotion agencies (IPA), namely: Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA),…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 0.2 percent in September from 0.3 percent in August. This was due to the -1.0 percent drop in the index of mineral fuels,…

The annual growth rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level slowed down to 3.8 percent in August from 4.3 percent in July as a negative annual rate was still registered in miscellaneous manufactured articles index…