Number of approved building permits slides by 13.2 percent The total number of approved building permits nationwide reached 23,045 during the second quarter of 2007, representing a decrease of 13.2 percent compared with 26,563 recorded during the…

Export earnings in January 2008 inched up by 6.4 percent to $4.241 billion from $3.987 billion in January 2007. However, a decline of 5.2 percent was noted as compared to the previous month's level of $4.472 billion.

Producer Price Index increases at a slower rate The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000 = 100) for the manufacturing industry registered a slight increase of 0.1 percent in January 2008 compared to its year-ago figure, according to the preliminary…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines moved upward to 5.4 percent in February from 4.9 percent in January as higher rates were registered in all the commodity groups except in fuel, light and water (FLW). Inflation a year ago…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly moved up to 137.2 and 143.0 in February from their respective January levels of 136.6 and 141.7.

The laborers and unskilled workers constituted the largest occupation group with 32.0 percent of the total employed population. Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen registered the next largest group of workers, comprising 18.7 percent of the…

This Special Release presents the final data series on construction statistics from approved building permits for the year 2006.

The total health expenditure in the country went up by 9.4 percent in 2005, from P165.3 billion in 2004 to P180.8 billion in 2005. This could largely be attributed to the increase in health benefit payments from social insurance, such as the…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a 1.4 percent growth in January from 0.1 percent in December due to the increments recorded in the prices of twelve commodity groups from their…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2007 reached $105.587 billion, representing a 6.5 percent increment from $99.184 billion during the same 12-month period in 2006. Similarly, total imports grew by 6.8 percent to $55.317 billion…