Quantity and value of domestic trade falls The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the third quarter of 2008 dropped by 4.0 percent, resulting to 3.25 million tons from 3.38 million tons reported during the same period of last year.…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR continued to drop at -2.4 percent in November from -4.8 percent in October. Prices of carpentry materials declined to -0.2 percent in November from 0.3…

A freshman Medical Laboratory Science student from the Saint Louis University (SLU)-Baguio City won first place in the 2008 Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) National Finals held at the Ramon Magsaysay Hall, Social Security System (SSS), East Avenue…

Total external trade in goods for January to October 2008 reached $92.701 billion, a 6.0 percent increment from $87.448 billion during the 10-month period in 2007. This is due to the 9.8 percent growth of the total imports to $49.863 billion from $…

Value of Production maintains positive growth in October 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry reflected an increment of 9.3 percent in October 2008 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further dropped to -1.6 percent in October from -1.2 percent in September due to the continued reductions in the prices of the items in the…

The country's annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) decelerated to 16.0 percent in September from 18.6 percent in August. This can be attributed to the slower annual price increments observed in food items at 11.2 percent in…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) still registered a negative rate of 0.7 percent in November from -1.4 percent in October as reductions were observed in the following commodity groups:…

Out of the estimated 58.2 million population 15 years old and over in October 2008, 37.1 million persons were in the labor force. This placed the labor force participation rate at 63.7 percent. Last year's labor force participation rate was 63.2…

Export earnings in September 2008 slightly increased by 1.2 percent to $4.440 billion from $4.389 billion in September 2007. The same is true with the previous month’s level, where an increase of 1.1 percent was noted from $4.393…