Export earnings in October 2008 decreased by 14.9 percent to $3.968 billion from $4.660 billion in October 2007. The same is true with the previous month’s level, where a decrease of 10.6 percent was noted from $4.439 billion.

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR recorded at 147.8 in November was higher than its October level of 147.5 in October while that in AONCR, its level decreased to 160.1 from 160.4.

Producer Price Index continue to post single-digit growth The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry recorded a 6.9 percent growth in October 2008, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results…

The national year-on-year headline inflation rate further slowed down to 9.9 percent in November from 11.2 percent in October. The continued deceleration in the annual rates of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) index together…

Total external trade in goods for January to September 2008 reached $84.152 billion, a 8.4 percent increment from $77.638 billion during the 9-month period in 2007. This is due to the 12.4 percent growth of the total imports to $45.286 billion from…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a negative rate of -1.4 percent in October from 1.5 percent in September. The continuous downward adjustments in the corresponding prices of plywood…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR further dropped to -4.8 percent in October from -2.3 percent in September. This can be attributed to the decreases in the indexes of miscellaneous…

Value of Production registers two-digit growth in September 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry climbed to 19.7 percent in September 2008 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further dropped to -1.2 percent in September from -0.2 percent in August. This can be attributed to the decreases in the heavily weighted…

Seventeen (17) young statistics whizzes representing all the regions of the country are expected to compete in three rounds of questions and answers on statistical concepts, theories and problems in the 2008 Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) National…