Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing recorded a slower average annual growth of 16.3 percent in June 2010, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Among the 16 major…

Total external trade in goods for January to June 2010 reached $49.906 billion, a 32.7 percent increment from $37.604 billion registered during the same period in 2009. Total imports posted a 28.5 percent annual increase to $26.185 billion from $20.…

Total foreign direct investments (FDI)1 approved by the Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC),  Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in the second quarter of 2010 declined…

On a monthly basis, the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR dropped to -0.1 percent in July from 0.2 percent in June.

On an annual basis, the movement in the country's General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) further slowed down to 7.2 percent in May from 9.0 percent in April.

The monthly price movement of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further slowed down to 0.2 percent in July from 0.3 percent in June. This was due to the decrease still registered in the…

On a monthly basis, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.2 percent in June from 0.1 percent in May. Higher monthly price increment was registered in the food index at 0.7 percent in June from 0.3…

About 658 agriculture, hunting and forestry establishments with total employment of 20 and over were covered in the 2008 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry.

Export earnings in June 2010 amounted to $4.545 billion, registering a double-digit growth of 33.4 percent from it�s year ago level of $3.407 billion. Compared to previous month level it also went up by 7.2 percent from $4.241 billion in…