The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2007 was registered at 1.75 million. This number represents an increase of 15.3 percent over the estimated 1.52 million OFWs in April to…

A total of 518,595 marriages were reported in 2005, a decrease of 10.9 percent from previous year’s 582,281.

Export earnings in March 2008 went down by 6.8 percent to $4.181 billion from $4.487 billion in March 2007 while first quarter receipts from merchandise exports slightly inched-up by 2.7 percent to $12.524 billion from $12.201 billion during the…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR were correspondingly higher at 143.9 and 149.6 in April from their respective March levels of 140.6 and 144.6.

Producer Price Index registers slower growth The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000 = 100) for the manufacturing industry increased at a slower rate of 0.8 percent in March compared to its year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the…

The 11.4 percent acceleration in the annual adjustments in the prices of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) items raised the year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines to 8.3 percent in April from 6.4 percent in…

Quantity and value of domestic trade declines The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the third quarter of 2007 decreased by 7.8 percent, resulting to 3.38 million tons from 3.67 million tons reported during the same period of last…

Value of Production accelerates in February 2008 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry registered a year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent in February 2008, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey…

Total external trade in goods for January to February 2008 reached $17.827 billion, representing a 16.5 percent increment from $15.298 billion during the same 2-month period in 2007. Similarly, total imports grew by 24.9 percent to $9.484 billion…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up by 0.9 percent in March from 0.4 percent in February. This was mainly due to the 6.1 percent increment in the inflation of asphalt from zero growth…