Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry posted a year-on-year growth of 9.6 percent in June 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries…

Value of construction grows 35.5 percent to P25 billion Total value of construction during the first quarter of 2006 increased by 35.5 percent reaching P25.0 billion from P18.4 billion recorded during the same period of 2005. Value of…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up by 0.7 percent in June from 0.6 percent in May. This was mainly due to the 2.6 percent increment in the inflation of concrete products from 0.6…

A total of 1,669,442 live births was recorded for the year 2003 or a minimal increase of 0.2 percent from 1,666,773 in 2002.

One out of nine couples in the country got married in May. For four consecutive years, May, the month of flowers and festivals was consistently the peak month for getting married.

This is the first time that city- and municipal-level poverty statistics have been generated. The estimates are part of the outputs of a special study entitled “Poverty Mapping in the Philippines,” which was conducted by the NSCB in its continuing…

Total external trade in goods for January to March 2005 amounted to $18.917 billion representing a negative growth of 0.1 percent from $18.945 billion during the same period of the previous year. However, total foreign-made merchandise dipped by 3.6…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR went up to 127.3 in July from 126.6 in June while that in AONCR decreased to 131.3 from 131.5.

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines at 6.4 percent in July was the lowest rate recorded since July 2004. The continued slowing down of the inflation rate of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) items…

Quantity of Domestic Trade Declines, Value Increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2005 decreased by 12.9 percent, resulting to 21.45 million tons from 24.61 million tons reported in 2004. The commodities were traded mostly…