Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis grew slightly by 5.8 percent in December 2006. Seventeen (17) sectors posted positive growths, led by electrical machinery which registered 27.2 percent. Four (4)…

Value of Production still down for the fourth month Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry continued to tumble as it posted a decrease of 3.9 percent in December 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2006 reached $98.558 billion, representing an 11.1 percent increment from $88.673 billion during the same 12-month in 2005. Similarly, total imports grew by 8.7 percent to $51.522 billion from $…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered a slower rate of increment of 0.2 percent in December from 0.3 percent in November. Negative rates were noted in the following commodity groups…

Quantity and value of domestic trade decreases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the second quarter of 2006 decreased by 29.9 percent, resulting to 4.83 million tons from 6.89 million tons reported during the same period of last…

Customer satisfaction rating in December 2006 increased by about 12 percentage points to 73.8 percent from 62 percent in September 2006. It was 65.2 percent in June 2006. This rating is lower by five percentage points than a year ago in December…

Education is valued highly by Filipinos. It is viewed as a primary avenue for social and economic upliftment. Like food and other basic needs, a substantial amount is spent for education. In the 2003 FIES, education accounted for 4.0 percent of the…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slightly grew to 0.3 percent in November from 0.2 percent in October. This can be attributed to the increments in the prices of wood products at 0.7…

Export earnings in December 2006 declined by 3.8 percent to $3.681 billion from $3.827 billion in December 2005, which is due to the decrease in the shipments of semiconductors, petroleum products, coconut oil, consumer electronics, articles of…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR decreased to 130.2 in January from 130.3 in December. Likewise, the seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in AONCR went down to 133.7 from last month's 134.0.