The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went down to -1.1 percent in August from 1.1 percent in July. Prices of painting materials and related compounds and miscellaneous construction materials…

Year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines further went up to 13.7 percent in May compared to 11.4 percent in April. The annual price increments were higher in food items at 8.6 percent in May from 8.5…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 0.7 percent in July from 2.9 percent in June as the heavily weighted food index declined by -0.4 percent from 1.9 percent. In…

Value of Production posts two-digit growth in July 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry picked up at 13.9 percent in July 2008 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

Total external trade in goods for January to July 2008 reached $64.415 billion, a 10.1 percent increment from $59.397 billion during the 7-month period in 2007. This is due to the 15.8 percent growth of the total imports to $35.380 billion from $30.…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower rate of 1.1 percent in July from 7.3 percent in June. Lower price gains were noted in carpentry materials at 0.6 percent in July from 1…

The country's annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) picked up to 11.4 percent in April from 10.7 percent in March. This can be attributed to higher annual rates observed in food items (8.5% from 7.4%); beverages and tobacco…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 2.9 percent in June from 2.4 percent in May. The monthly price increments in crude materials, inedible except fuels were higher…

Employment rate in the National Capital Region (87.2%), Central Luzon (90.6%) and CALABARZON (89.6%) was lower than in all other regions. As in previous LFS, the National Capital Region recorded the lowest employment rate. In terms of the labor…

The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR picked up to 7.3 percent in June from 3.1 percent in May. Higher monthly growth rates were correspondingly posted in the prices of carpentry materials and…