Value of Production maintains a two-digit negative rate For the month of June, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry posted a slower decline of negative 12.8 percent compared with the year-ago decrease of 13.0 percent in…

Total external trade in goods for January to June 2009 reached $37.586 billion, exhibiting a 31.9 percent decline from $55.188 billion recorded during the same period in 2008. This was attributed to the 31.1 percent decrease of total imports to $20.…

The population of Abra was 230,953 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN 2007). This figure was higher by 21,462 persons over the population count of 209,491 persons in 2000. The recent population count for the…

The annual movement in the country's General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) further dropped to -5.4 percent in April from -4.5 percent in March. This can be attributed to the continued negative movements observed in the indexes of crude materials,…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a zero growth in July from 0.2 percent in June as prices of lumber, plywood, wood products, asphalt, glass and glass products, plumbing fixtures,…

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR dropped to -0.6 percent in July from 0.2 percent in June. This can be attributed to the decreases in the indexes of carpentry materials and masonry materials at -1…

During the period January 2001 to October 2004, the percentage of wage and salary workers to the total employed persons aged 15 years old and over was between 48-53 percent. The highest percentage was recorded at 53.2 percent in July 2003 where 16.2…

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.8 percent in June from 0.1 percent in May. This was due to the increments in the monthly rates posted in the indices of…

Export earnings in June 2009 dropped by 24.7 percent to $3.410 billion from $4.527 billion reported in June 2008. Compared to previous months level, however, it grew by 10.4 percent from $3.088 billion in May 2009. Aggregate merchandise exports…

Producer Price Index maintains downward trend The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry dropped by 1.6 percent in June 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…