Total external trade in goods for January to August 2009 reached $52.012 billion, a 30.6 percent drop from $74.946 billion recorded during the same 8-month period in 2008. Total imports posted a 30.8 percent annual decrease from $40.492 billion to $…

liminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). The contraction was attributed to the decreases reported by 13 major sectors, with two-digit decreases exhibited by the following: petroleum products, furniture and…

Camarines Sur registered a total population of 1,693,821 persons based on the results of the 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN 2007), higher by 142,272 persons over the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000) figure of 1,551,549 persons…

Iloilo City, one of the country's highly urbanized cities posted a total population of 418,710 persons as of August 1, 2007. This registered an increase of 52,319 persons over the total population of 366,391 persons in 2000. These figures translated…

The total population of Benguet, as of August 1, 2007, was 372,533 persons. This figure registered an increase of 42,404 persons over the total population of 330,129 persons in 2000. The annual population growth rate was recorded at 1.68 percent,…

The monthly growth rate of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) was recorded at 0.1 percent in September, the same rate posted in August. A higher price movement was observed in structural…

Number of approved building permit applications posts a 48.2 percent growth 1. A total count of 37,266 approved building permit applications in the country were reported during the second quarter of 2009. This number registered an increase of 48.2…

On an annual basis, the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level still registered a negative rate of 8.8 percent in June from -7.3 percent in May. Negative rates were observed in the annual movements of the following commodity…

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.6 percent in August from 0.1 percent in July. A higher price increase was noted in the heavily weighted food index at 0.3…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower pace of 0.3 percent in September from 0.4 in August. Prices of carpentry materials decreased to -0.7 percent in September from 0.3…