Total external trade in goods for January to August 2008 reached $74.850 billion, a 9.3 percent increment from $68.505 billion during the 8-month period in 2007. This is due to the 13.8 percent growth of the total imports to $40.422 billion from $35…

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines went up to 20.8 percent in July from 19.3 percent in June. Annual price increments were higher in crude materials, inedible except fuels at 34.8 percent in…

Approved building permit applications posts a 9.3 percent growth Approved building permits nationwide were recorded at 25,145 during the second quarter of 2008, representing an increase of 9.3 percent compared with 23,003 applications received…

The annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level jumped to 19.3 percent in June from 14.6 percent in May. All the commodity groups recorded higher annual growth rates except for beverages and tobacco,…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered an increase of 1.5 percent in September from 0.7 percent in August. This can be attributed to the higher growth rates observed in the following…

Export earnings in August 2008 increased by 6.5 percent to $4.388 billion from $4.121 billion in August 2007, an improvement from last month’s year-on-year growth of 4.4 percent. Similarly, receipts from merchandise exports during…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry registered an increase of 5.8 percent in August 2008, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey.

Quantity and value of domestic trade increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the second quarter of 2008 increased by 1.0 percent, resulting to 4.92 million tons from 4.87 million tons reported during the same period of last…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly recorded at 148.3 and 160.7 in September were higher than their respective August rates of 148.0 and 160.5.

The overall year-on-year headline inflation rate slowed down to 11.9 percent in September from 12.5 percent in August due to the slower annual price hikes of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and services items. Inflation a year…