Export earnings for January 2006 fell by 0.7 percent to $3.261 billion from $3.285 billion during the same period of the previous year.

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 0.9 percent in January from -0.2 percent in December. The price of cement went up by 6.3 percent in January compared to the 0.1 percent growth…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level advanced by 0.9 percentage point to 7.6 percent in February from 6.7 percent in January as higher inflation rates were posted in all the commodity groups except for housing and repairs…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly moved up to 125.9 and 129.9 in February from their respective January levels of 124.0 and 128.6.

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up at a slower pace of 11.8 percent in November compared to 11.9 percent growth in October. Inflation for crude materials, inedible except fuels…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis increased by 12.9 percent in December 2005 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2005 reached $86.131 billion, a 2.9 percent growth from $83.720 billion during the same period of the previous year. Expenditures for total foreign-made merchandise moved up by 2.0 percent to $…

Approved building permits posts 3.8 percent growth Approved building permits nationwide reached 24,438 applications during the third quarter of 2005. This represents a modest increase of 3.8 percent from 23,540 approved building permits recorded…

The 2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry covered a total of 15,871 Financial Intermediation establishments. Of the total figure, 15,228 establishments or 95.9 percent had an average total employment (ATE) of less than 20. The…

he number of clients who were either satisfied or very satisfied with NSO's civil registry services in December 2005 increased to 78.8 percent from 68 percent in September 2005. This was the second consecutive Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS)…