Total external trade in goods for January to June 2008 reached $55.130 billion, a 10.0 percent increment from $50.106 billion during the first semester of 2007. This is due to the 15.8 percent growth of the total imports to $29.532 billion from $25.…

Value of Production maintains positive growth in June 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry recorded a year-on-year growth of 9.3 percent in June 2008, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up by 0.6 percentage point to 2.0 percent in April from 1.4 percent in March. Higher monthly price increments were registered in the…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up at a faster pace of 5.9 percent in July from 4.7 percent in June. Higher price movements were noted in the following commodity groups: cement, 0.7…

The month-on-month growth rate in prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower rate of 1.5 percent in April from 2.5 percent in March. The monthly price increase in the miscellaneous construction materials index slowed down…

The annual growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines accelerated to 10.4 percent in March from 8.6 percent in February. Except for beverages and tobacco and miscellaneous manufactured articles which respectively…

Number of approved building permits down by 3.0 percent Approved building permit applications nationwide summed up to 22,787 during the first quarter of 2008, representing a decrease of 3.0 percent compared with 23,499 applications received during…

Export earnings in June 2008 went up by 8.3 percent to $4.493 billion from $4.147 billion in June 2007. Similarly, receipts from merchandise exports during January to June increased by 4.0 percent to $25.578 billion from $24.600 billion during the…

Producer Price Index sustains an upward trend The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry went up by 3.5 percent in June 2008, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up to 1.4 percent in March from -0.1 percent in February. This was attributed mainly to the increments in the prices of the heavily…