Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the fourth quarter of 2005 decreased by 7.4 percent, resulting to 4.19 million tons from 4.53 million tons reported during the same period of…

The National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Philippine Statistical Association (PSA) invite freshman students currently enrolled in colleges and universities all over the country to join this year's battle for the nation's young statistics whizzes…

The 2005 estimate of OFWs is 12.5 percent more than the 1.18 million OFWs estimated for the period April to September 2004. The overseas contract workers (OCWs) or those with existing work-contract comprised 91.6 percent of the total OFWs during the…

The number of wage and salary workers was estimated at 17.5 million, up by 7.5 percent from the July 2005 figure of 16.3 million. The increase was mostly due to the 712 thousand increase in the services sector and 464 thousand in agriculture sector…

2006 Marking its one and a half decade run, PSQ continued its advocacy and introduced innovations such as the use of wireless technology and laptop computers for the National Finals.

Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry continued to rise as it posted a two-digit growth of 15.5 percent in July 2006. This was brought about by the price increases reported by seventeen (17) major sectors, with two-digit growth…

Export earnings in July 2006 went up by 12.9 percent to $3.955 billion from $3.503 billion during the same period of the previous year. The double-digit increment was observed since February of the current year.

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines further slowed down to 6.3 percent in August from 6.4 percent in July mainly brought about by the slower annual price movement of fuel, light and water (FLW). Moreover, lower inflation…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly recorded at 129.0 and 132.1 in August were higher than their respective July levels of 127.5 and 131.5.

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up at a slower pace of 9.7 percent in March from 11.2 percent in February. Annual inflation for crude materials inedible except fuels further dropped…