Export earnings in August 2009 dropped by 21.0 percent to $3.472 billion from $4.395 billion reported in August 2008. Compared to previous months level, however, it grew by 4.9 percent from $3.311 billion in July 2009. Aggregate merchandise…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry went down at a slower rate of 2.6 percent in August 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey. Furniture…

The country’s year-year headline inflation rate went up to 0.7 percent in September from 0.1 percent in August due to a higher annual price increase in the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) index. Inflation a year ago was 11.8…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR recorded at their corresponding September levels of 152.4 and 163.5 were higher than their respective August levels of 151.4 and 162.8.

Quantity of domestic trade falls, value accelerates The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the second quarter of 2009 decreased by 11.2 percent, resulting to 4.37 million tons from 4.92 million tons reported during the same period of…

Value of Production continues to decelerate In July, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry contracted by 18.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

Total external trade in goods for January to July 2009 reached $44.922 billion, representing a 31.4 percent decline from $65.507 billion recorded during the same 7-month period in 2008. Similarly, total imports decline by 31.2 percent to $24.390…

In July, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry contracted by 18.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Fifteen out of 20 major…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up by 0.4 percent in August from -0.6 percent in July. Except for tinsmithry materials whose index remained stable as it posted a zero growth rate,…

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in July from 0.8 percent in June. Except for beverages and tobacco whose monthly growth rate was…