The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 130.3 and 135.0 in June from their respective May levels of 130.1 and 134.7.

Value of Production continues to drop Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry dipped further by 11.2 percent in October 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

Total external trade in goods for January to October in 2006 reached $82.184 billion representing a 12.5 percent increment from $73.030 billion during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total foreign-made merchandise grew by 9.2 percent to $…

The number of employed persons in October 2006 was estimated at 33.2 million. This is 310 thousand higher than the reported figure of 32.9 million in October 2005. The estimated employment rate in October 2006 was 92.7 percent.

Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry posted a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent in October 2006. Monthly price increases were noted in sixteen (16) major sectors, with electrical machinery posting the highest increase of 63.3…

Export earnings in October 2006 recorded an increment of 15.5 percent to $4.197 billion from $3.635 billion during the same month of the previous year. The export revenue for this month continued to record a double-digit increment with the highest…

A BS Accountancy student from Bataan Polytechnic State College emerged as the national champion in the 15th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) held on December 5 at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Assembly Hall in Manila.Sixteen-year-old Alvin Jay P.…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR posted correspondingly at 130.6 and 133.7 in November were higher than their respective October levels of 130.5 and 133.0.

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines continued to move at a slower pace of 4.7 percent in November from 5.4 percent in October. Slowdowns in the annual inflation rates of all the commodity groups except for housing and…