The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a zero growth in May from 1.0 percent in April as prices of sixteen (16) commodity groups remained stable during the month. Increases in the…

The number of establishments in private education service activities reached 11,275 in 2005. Establishments with an average total employment (ATE) of less than 20 dominated the sector with 8,698 establishments or 77.1 percent of the total. The…

Quantity and value of domestic trade decreases In the third quarter of 2006, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions decreased by 9.3 percent, resulting to 3.67 million tons from 4.05 million tons reported during the same period of last…

Export earnings in May 2007 went up by 6.1 percent to $4.122 billion from $3.885 billion in May 2006. Similarly, receipts from merchandise exports during January to May increase by 7.7 percent to $20.421 billion from $18.958 billion during the same…

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry continued to register a single-digit increase as it posted 1.4 percent in May 2007. Twelve (12) major sectors reported price increases, with double digit increases observed for publishing…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level slowed down to 2.3 percent in June from 2.4 percent in May. Two commodity groups recorded lower inflation rates compared to their May rates. Food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and…

Total external trade in goods for January to April 2007 reached $32.606 billion, representing a 5.7 percent increment from $30.838 billion during the same 4-month period in 2006. Similarly, total imports grew by 3.4 percent to $16.307 billion from $…

Value of Production recovers in April 2007 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry slightly recovered at a rate of 0.1 percent in April 2007 from the seven-month decline since September 2006, according to the preliminary…

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up to 2.1 percent in March compared to 1.9 percent growth in February. Higher annual increases were correspondingly observed in the prices of…

The employment rate, or proportion of employed persons to total labor force, was 92.6 percent in April 2007 which is higher than last year's rate of 91.8 percent. Across regions, Cagayan Valley recorded the highest employment rate with 97.0 percent…