The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly grew to 0.3 percent in November from 0.2 percent in October. This can be attributed to the increments in the prices of wood products at 0.7…

Export earnings in December 2006 declined by 3.8 percent to $3.681 billion from $3.827 billion in December 2005, which is due to the decrease in the shipments of semiconductors, petroleum products, coconut oil, consumer electronics, articles of…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR decreased to 130.2 in January from 130.3 in December. Likewise, the seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in AONCR went down to 133.7 from last month's 134.0.

The year 2007 started with a slower national annual headline inflation rate of 3.9 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December due to the slower movements in the rates of all the commodity groups except for clothing. This was the lowest…

This Special Release presents the final data series on construction statistics from approved building permits for the year 2005.

Value of Production drops for the third month Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry continued its downtrend as it posted a 3.7 percent decline in November 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the…

Quantity and value of domestic trade increases In the first quarter of 2006, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions increased by 35.3 percent, resulting to 5.88 million tons from 4.35 million tons reported during the same period of last…

Export earnings in November 2006 continued to record a double-digit growth of 10.8 percent to $4.022 billion from $3.631 billion during the same month of the previous year.

Producer Price Index (PPI) expands by two digits Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry reflected a year-on-year increase of 13.8 percent in November 2006. Increases in actual prices can be observed in fifteen (15) major sectors…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2006 reached $90.712 billion representing a 12.5 percent increment from $80.636 billion during the same 11-month in 2005. Similarly, total imports grew by 9.6 percent to $47.365 billion from $43.…