The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up by 0.9 percent in March from 0.4 percent in February. This was mainly due to the 6.1 percent increment in the inflation of asphalt from zero growth…

Export earnings in February 2008 inched up by 10.7 percent to $4.118 billion from $3.721 billion in February 2007. Receipts from merchandise exports during January to February, on the other hand, rose to 8.2 percent to $8.349 billion from $7.713…

Producer Price Index posts negative growth rate The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000 = 100) for the manufacturing industry registered a decline of 0.8 percent in February 2008 compared to its year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of…

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…