The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 151.6 and 163.9 in March from their respective February levels of 151.0 and 162.8.

roducer Price Index maintains positive growth The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry recorded a slower growth of 2.7 percent in February 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.9 percent in January from -0.7 percent in December. Prices of the heavily weighted food index increased by 0.6 percentage…

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR went down to -0.3 percent in February from 0.1 percent in January. This was due to the declines in the price indices of the following commodity groups: carpentry…

Total external trade in goods for January 2009 reached $5.781 billion, representing a 37.3 percent decline from $9.224 billion recorded during the same month in 2008. This was due to the 34.5 percent decrease of total imports to $3.270 billion from…

Value of Production falls at two-digit in January 2009 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry continued its downtrend as it dropped by 16.8 percent in January 2009, compared with the year-ago figure, according to the…

In December 2008, the number of satisfied NSO clients increased by about 8 percentage points to 66.9 percent from 59.0 in September 2008. Moreover, Satisfaction ratings in March and June of 2008 were registered at 58.0 and 70.4 percent, respectively…

The monthly growth rate of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a negative rate of -0.6 percent in February from zero growth in January as reductions were observed in the following…

More males (64.1% of total unemployed) were unemployed than among females (35.9%). By age group, for every 10 unemployed persons, five (49.2%) were in the age group 15 - 24 years while three (30.3%) were in the age group 25 - 34.

Export earnings in January 2009 dropped by 41.0 percent to $2.494 billion from $4.231 billion in January 2008. Compared with the previous month's level, it fell by 6.75 percent from $2.675 billion.