The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly picked up to 133.7 and 137.6 in October from their respective September levels of 133.3 and 136.6.

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level was posted at 2.7 percent in October, the same rate registered in September. Inflation for food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), housing and repairs (H&R) and miscellaneous items remained…

Total external trade in goods for January to August 2007 reached $68.155 billion, representing a 4.3 percent increment from $65.347 billion during the same 8-month period in 2006. Similarly, total imports grew by 3.8 percent to $35.325 billion from…

Value of Production falls in August 2007 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry slumped by 3.6 percent in August 2007 after registering a year-on-year growth of 2.1 percent in the previous month, according to the…

The month-on-month inflation rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered at 0.4 percent in July was slower than the 0.7 percent growth in June. Increases in the prices of the heavily weighted food…

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level continued to move up at a slower pace of 0.5 percent in July compared to 1.3 percent growth in June. Annual price decreases were still noticed in mineral…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) increased by 0.5 percent in September from a negative growth rate of 0.1 percent in August. The price of cement went up by 0.3 percent in September from -0…

Export earnings in August 2007 went down by 4.8 percent to $4.071 billion from $4.274 billion in August 2006. This resulted to a minimal increase of 4.8 percent in the merchandise exports during January to August

The total annual family income in 2006 was estimated at P 2.99 trillion indicating an increase of 22.7 percent over the 2003 estimate of P2.44 trillion. The total family expenditure was approximately P2.56 trillion, an increase of 25.7 percent over…

Producer Price Index (PPI) registers slower growth The Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry went up by 1.2 percent in August 2007. Thirteen (13) of the 20 major sectors reported price increases led by publishing and printing…