Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a yearly basis went up by 8.5 percent in May 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (…

Total external trade in goods for January to May 2006 reached $38.652 billion representing an increase of 11.8 percent from $34.568 billion during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total foreign-made merchandise grew by 8.2 percent to $19.…

Export earnings in May 2006 grew by 17.3 percent to $3.877 billion from $3.305 billion during the same period of the previous year. The double-digit increment was noted since February of the current year. Receipts from merchandise exports in…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded an increment of 0.6 percent in May from 0.4 percent in April. The price of cement went up by 0.2 percent in May compared to the 0.1 percent growth…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level further slowed down to 6.7 percent in June from 6.9 percent in May as inflation rates of all the commodity groups except for housing and repairs (H&R) decelerated. Inflation a…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 126.6 and 131.6 in June from their respective May levels of 126.1 and 131.4.

Total external trade in goods for January to April 2006 reached $30.398 billion representing an increment of 10.7 percent from $27.465 billion during the same period of the prevoius year. Likewise, total foreign-made merchandise gained by 6.4…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis posted an increase of 3.0 percent in April 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

A total of 365,083 establishments were covered in the 2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) for Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and Personal and Household Goods Sector. Establishments with…

Wage and salary workers numbered 16.7 million, accounting for 50.5 percent of the total employed. About 12.4 million (37.7%) were own account workers and 3.9 million (11.9%) were unpaid family workers.