On a monthly basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a zero growth in November from -0.2 percent in October as prices in most of the commodity groups generally remained stable…

Quantity and value of domestic trade boosts The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the third quarter of 2009 increased by 29.2 percent, resulting to 4.19 million tons from 3.25 million tons reported during the same period of last year…

Total external trade in goods for January to October 2009 amounted to $66.796 billion, a 28.1 percent decline from $92.850 billion registered during the same month in 2008. Total imports posted a 29.0 percent annual decrease from $49.960 billion to…

As of August 1, 2007, the province of Batangas posted a total population of 2,245,869 persons. This figure represents an increase of 340,521 persons over the total population of 1,905,348 persons in 2000. The annual population growth rate (PGR)…

Value of Production still down at a slower pace Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry continued to decelerate at a slower rate of 11.2 percent in October 2009, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

The province of Nueva Vizcaya had a total population of 397,837 persons as of August 1, 2007, an increase of 8.4 percent from 366,962 persons in 2000. This increase translated to an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 1.12 percent during the…

The employment rate or the proportion of employed persons to total labor force was estimated at 92.9 percent in October 2009. The employment rate in October last year was recorded at 93.2 percent.

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 1.4 percent in October from 0.4 percent in September. The 3.3 percent growth in the food index from 0.7 percent primarily brought…

Export earnings in October 2009 recorded a single-digit negative growth of 8.3 percent from $3.990 billion in October 2008 to $3.660 billion after posting double-digit decreases for nine consecutive months starting January 2009. Compared to…

The population of Guimaras was 151,238 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN 2007). This figure was higher by 9,788 persons over the population count of 141,450 persons in 2000. The recent population count for…