Producer Price Index (PPI) exhibits positive trend The Producer Price Index (PPI) for February went up by 2.2 percent compared with the year-ago level. This was brought about by the increases reported by twelve sectors, with double-digit increases…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a slower rate of increment at 0.1 percent in February from 0.5 percent in January. This can be attributed to the negative growth rates observed in…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level continued to move at a slower pace of 2.2 percent in March from 2.6 percent in February. Slowdowns in the annual inflation rates of all the commodity groups except for clothing…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR moved at its February level of 129.7. However in AONCR, its level went up to 134.1 in March from 133.8 in February.

Total external trade in goods for January 2007 reached $7.702 billion, representing a 10.8 percent increment from $6.949 billion during the same month in 2006. Exports, on the other hand, registered an increase of 21.8 percent to aggregate dollar…

Value of Production continues its downtrend in March 2007 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry was still on its downtrend as it posted a decrease of 5.2 percent in March 2007, according to the preliminary results of the…

 

Approved building permits reached 19,431

The employment rate in January 2007 was estimated at 92.2 percent, which placed the unemployment rate at 7.8 percent. This means that nine in every 10 persons in the labor force were employed. By comparison, the employment rate in January 2006 was…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered a 0.5 percent growth in January from 0.2 percent in December. The price of lumber went up by 2.3 percent in January from 0.5 percent last month…

Export earnings in January 2007 inched up by 27.3 percent to $4.167 billion from $3.272 billion in January 2006. This is due to the increase in the shipments of cathodes and section of cathodes of refined copper and woodcrafts and furniture.