The Philippine population would continue to grow, increasing from 76.5 million, as of the latest population census conducted in May 2000, to 141.7 million in 2040, according to the Medium Series of the 2000 Census-based population projections. This…

Average capacity utilization in January 2006 for total manufacturing was estimated at 80.2 percent. Sectors that registered more than 80% capacity utilization rates were the following: machinery excluding electrical, petroleum products, electrical…

Total external trade in goods for January 2006 amounted to $6.947 billion representing an increment of 2.2 percent from $6.796 billion during the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, exports registered a year-on-year negative growth…

Number of Agriculture and Forestry Establishments Decreases In 2003, there were 2,951establishments engaged in business operations in the agriculture, hunting and forestry sector according to the 2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and…

Starting April 2005, the new unemployment definition was adopted per NSCB Resolution No. 15 dated October 20, 2004. As indicated in the said resolution, the unemployed include all persons who are 15 years old and over as of their last birthday and…

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…