The country’s year-year headline inflation rate went up to 0.7 percent in September from 0.1 percent in August due to a higher annual price increase in the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) index. Inflation a year ago was 11.8…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR recorded at their corresponding September levels of 152.4 and 163.5 were higher than their respective August levels of 151.4 and 162.8.

Quantity of domestic trade falls, value accelerates The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the second quarter of 2009 decreased by 11.2 percent, resulting to 4.37 million tons from 4.92 million tons reported during the same period of…

Value of Production continues to decelerate In July, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry contracted by 18.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

Total external trade in goods for January to July 2009 reached $44.922 billion, representing a 31.4 percent decline from $65.507 billion recorded during the same 7-month period in 2008. Similarly, total imports decline by 31.2 percent to $24.390…

In July, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry contracted by 18.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Fifteen out of 20 major…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up by 0.4 percent in August from -0.6 percent in July. Except for tinsmithry materials whose index remained stable as it posted a zero growth rate,…

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in July from 0.8 percent in June. Except for beverages and tobacco whose monthly growth rate was…

The monthly increase in the wholesale price index of selected construction materials in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 0.1 percent in August from a zero growth in July. This can be attributed to the 5.5 percent growth in the prices of…

The number of unemployed persons was higher among males (60.7%) than among females (39.3%). By age group, for every 10 unemployed persons, five (52.8%) belonged to age group 15-24 years while 28.0 percent of the total unemployed were in the age…