The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 0.4 percent in February from 1.4 percent in January. This can be attributed to the reductions in the corresponding prices of fuels and…

The annual headline inflation rate at the national level jumped to 6.4 percent in March from 5.4 percent in February. This was primarily due to the 8.2 percent hike in the annual rate of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) items…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR posted at 140.3 and 144.6 in March were higher than their February levels of 137.4 and 143.0, respectively.

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up at a slower rate of 6.3 percent in December from 6.6 percent in November. Annual price adjustments for crude materials, inedible except fuels…

Quantity of domestic trade increases, value declines In the second quarter of 2007, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions increased by 0.9 percent, resulting to 4.87 million tons from 4.83 million tons reported during the same period of…

Total external trade in goods for January 2008 reached $9.217 billion, representing a 16.8 percent increment from $7.891 billion during the same month in 2007. Similarly, total imports grew by 27.7 percent to $4.987 billion from $3.904 billion in…

Value of Production still on its downtrend in January 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry continued its downtrend as it posted a year-on-year decline of 1.4 percent in January 2008, according to the preliminary…

The unemployment rate in January 2008 was estimated at 7.4 percent. Among the regions, the NCR had the highest unemployment rate. It registered a 2-digit unemployment rate of 12.5 percent. Males had higher unemployment rate of 7.8 percent compared…

Number of approved building permits slides by 13.2 percent The total number of approved building permits nationwide reached 23,045 during the second quarter of 2007, representing a decrease of 13.2 percent compared with 26,563 recorded during the…

Export earnings in January 2008 inched up by 6.4 percent to $4.241 billion from $3.987 billion in January 2007. However, a decline of 5.2 percent was noted as compared to the previous month's level of $4.472 billion.