Producer Price Index maintains downward trend The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry dropped by 1.6 percent in June 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly registered at 151.3 and 162.7 in July were lower than their respective June levels of 151.5 and 162.9.

The country’s year-on-year headline inflation rate further decelerated to 0.2 percent in July from 1.5 percent in June. This was mainly due to the continued slowing down in the inflation rate of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT…

Quantity and value of domestic trade decreases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2008 decreased by 19.5 percent, resulting to 18.38 million tons from 22.84 million tons reported in 2007. The commodities were traded mostly…

The annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level continued a negative trend at -4.5 in March from -1.4 percent in February. Declines were noted in the annual growth rates of crude materials, inedible except…

Value of Production decreases at a slower rate For the month of May, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry recorded a two-digit decline of 13.1 percent from its year-ago level of 17.0 percent, according to the preliminary…

Based on the results of the 2007 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey, 38.0 percent of families in the bottom 30% income stratum do not have electricity in their homes compared to 6.5 percent among families in the upper 70% income stratum. The bottom 30…

Total external trade in goods for January to May 2009 reached $30.072 billion, representing a 33.7 percent decline from $45.338 billion recorded during the same period in 2008. This was attributed to the 32.9 percent decrease of total imports to $16…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up at a faster pace of 0.2 percent in June from -0.6 percent in May. This can be attributed to the 10.9 percent gain in the prices of fuels and…

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR slightly went up to 0.2 percent in June from -0.7 percent in May. A higher price increase was noted in carpentry materials index at 0.8 percent in June from -1.0…