Export earnings in May 2009 dropped by 27.0 percent to $3.087 billion from $4.225 billion registered in May 2008. Compared to previous months level, however, it rose by 10.1 percent from $2.803 billion in April 2009. Aggregate merchandise exports…

Producer Price Index posts negative rate The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry registered a decline of 0.3 percent in May 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The continued negative movement registered in the fuel, light and water (FLW) index along with the deceleration in the price increments of all the other commodity groups further pushed down the country’s year-on-year headline inflation rate to 1.5…

Number of approved building permit applications higher by 19.7 percent Approved building permit applications nationwide reached 27,282 during the first quarter of 2009, This number posted a growth of 19.7 percent from the 22,787 applications…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR went up to 151.6 in June from 151.4 in May while that for AONCR decreased to 163.1 from 163.2.

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in May from 0.5 percent in April. This was mainly due to the slowdown in the monthly rates posted…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) inched up to 0.5 percent in April from 0.2 percent in March. Higher monthly price increments were registered in the beverages and tobacco…

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2008 reached 2.0 million as reported by their families. The 2008 estimate represents an increase of 14.6 percent over the 1.7 million…

The total population of Angeles City as of August 1, 2007 was 317,398 persons, an increase of 53,427 persons over its total population of 263,971 persons in 2000. This 2007 figure translates to an annual population growth rate of 2.57 percent for…

Ifugao recorded a total population of 180,815 persons as of August 1, 2007, indicating an annual population growth rate of 1.56 percent for the period 2000 to 2007. The registered total population of the province in 2007 was higher by 19,192 persons…