Value of Production registers negative growth Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry slowed down by 0.1 percent in September 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

Total external trade in goods for January to September in 2006 reached $73.293 billion representing a 12.3 percent increment from $65.236 billion during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total foreign-made merchandise grew by 8.9 percent to…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a zero growth in October from 0.1 percent in September as prices of the fourteen (14) commodity groups remained stable during the month. Increases…

The national steering committee as well as the various working groups created for the annual conduct of the Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) are now all green and go preparing for the Quiz' National Finals which will be held on 05 December at the…

Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry on a yearly basis stepped up by 9.1 percent in September 2006. Monthly price increases were noted in seventeen (17) major sectors, with two-digit growth observed in the following: electrical…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) posted a zero growth in September from a -0.1 percent drop in August as prices of items in the ten (10) commodity groups remained stable during the month.…

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) advanced by 10.4 percent in May from 9.4 percent in April. Annual price increments were higher in crude materials inedible except fuels, 1.9 percent in May from -2.2 percent in…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level further decelerated to 5.4 percent in October from 5.7 percent in September. The slower annual inflation rates posted in the indices of the commodity groups except for food beverage and…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly recorded at 130.5 and 132.9 in October were higher than their respective September levels of 129.0 and 132.2.

Export earnings in September 2006 grew by 13.2 percent to $4.160 billion from $3.675 billion during the same period of the previous year. The export revenue for this month continued to record a double-digit growth although at a slower pace.