Export earnings in January 2009 dropped by 41.0 percent to $2.494 billion from $4.231 billion in January 2008. Compared with the previous month's level, it fell by 6.75 percent from $2.675 billion.

Producer Price Index increases at a slower rate The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry posted an increment of 4.1 percent in January 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly moved up to 151.0 and 162.7 in February from their respective January levels of 150.0 and 161.3.

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level went up to 7.3 percent in February from 7.1 percent in January due to the higher rate posted in the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) index together with the faster…

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines continued to post a slower rate of 1.8 percent in December from 4.4 percent in November. This was effected by the negative annual growth rates…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2008 reached $105.661 billion, a 0.3 percent decline from $105.979 billion registered in 2007. This was due to the slower 2.0 percent growth of the total imports to $56.636 billion from $55.514…

Value of Production on the downtrend Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry declined by 9.6 percent in December 2008, after registering positive growths in the last eight months since April 2008, according to the…

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR slightly went up to 0.1 percent in January from -0.6 percent in December. A higher growth was noted in carpentry materials index at 0.2 percent in January from 0.1…

The monthly growth rate of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a zero growth in January from -0.4 percent in December as prices of glass and glass products, metal pipes, PVC pipes,…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to drop at -0.7 percent in December from -1.4 percent in November as prices of mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials…