The year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) rose to 5.1 percent in October from 3.2 percent in September. This can be attributed to the higher annual rates seen in the prices of food items (3.5% from 2.8%), crude…

The year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) advanced to 3.2 percent in September from 0.8 percent in August. Annual price increments were higher in beverages and tobacco at 2.2 percent in September from 2.0 percent…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly picked up to 135.9 and 140.0 in December from their respective November levels of 134.7 and 138.8.

The Philippines’ year-on-year headline inflation rate increased to 3.9 percent in December from 3.2 percent in November. This was effected by the acceleration in the annual inflation rates of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), fuel, light and water…

The Producer Price Index (PPI) posted a 2.1 percent increase in November 2007 from its year-ago figure. Three out of ten (10) major sectors registered double-digit growth, namely: publishing and printing (20.9%), petroleum products (14.3%) and basic…

Producer Price Index (PPI) increases but at a slower rate The Producer Price Index (PPI) posted a 2.1 percent increase in November 2007 from its year-ago figure. Three out of ten (10) major sectors registered double-digit growth, namely: publishing…

Value of Production in November 2007 posts a negative growth Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry went down by 0.8 percent in November 2007, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

Value of Production posts positive growth in October 2007 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry managed to grow at a slower rate of 0.4 percent in October 2007 from the previous month's decrease (revised) of 1.0 percent,…

Total external trade in goods for January to October 2007 reached $87.071 billion, representing a 5.2 percent increment from $82.774 billion during the same 10-month period in 2006. Similarly, total imports grew by 5.0 percent to $45.221 billion…

The retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR generally remained stable as its overall index posted zero growth in November from 0.4 percent in October. Compared to last month, prices of carpentry materials and miscellaneous…