Quantity and value of domestic trade increase In the fourth quarter of 2007, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions increased by 20.3 percent, resulting to 5.30 million tons from 4.40 million tons reported during the same period of last…

Price hikes in selected construction materials in NCR remained at 0.5 percent in February. Higher price increments were correspondingly noted in masonry materials and plumbing materials at 0.9 percent and 0.2 percent in February from their…

Export earnings in May 2008 went up by 2.3 percent to $4.224 billion from $4.128 billion in May 2007, albeit at a slower pace. Similarly, receipts from merchandise exports during January to May increased by 3.1 percent to $21.085 billion from $20.…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up to 4.7 percent in June from 1.8 percent in May. This was primarily due to the 19.1 percent gain in the prices of aluminum and other metal…

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines increased to 8.5 percent in February from 8.0 percent in January. All the commodity groups registered higher annual growth rates except for the manufactured…

In December 2007, customer satisfaction rating further improved by about 7 percentage points to 72.6 percent from 65.5 September 2007. Satisfaction rating in June 2007 was at 50.4 percent. Satisfaction rating refers to the percentage of clients…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) decelerated to 0.2 percent in January from 1.7 percent in December. This was mainly due to the decline in the prices of the items in the…

Producer Price Index jumps three percentage points The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry rose to 3.7 percent in May 2008, up from 0.7 percent a year ago, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer…

The retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up to 0.5 percent in January compared to zero growth in December. Prices of all the construction materials were registered upward movements during the month except for plumbing…

In September 2007, customer satisfaction rating improved by about 15 percentage points to 65.5 percent from 50.4 percent in June 2007. Satisfaction rating in March 2007 was at 58.8 percent. Satisfaction rating refers to the percentage…