The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR posted correspondingly at 124.1 and 127.6 in November were higher than their respective October levels of 123.4 and 126.8.

On an annual basis, headline inflation rate at the national level slightly increased to 7.1 percent in November from 7.0 percent in October. Higher inflation rates recorded in food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and services brought about the uptick.…

The number of clients who were either satisfied or very satisfied with NSO's civil registry services in September 2005 increased to 68 percent from 59.6 percent in June 2005. It was the first increase in satisfaction rating since a year ago in…

Establishments engaged in restaurants, bars, canteens and other eating and drinking places dominated the sector with 84,125 or 95.9 percent of the total. On the other hand, 4.1 percent or 3,638 were hotels, camping sites and other provisions of…

Non-Bank Financial Intermediation dominated Financial Intermediation Sector The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry covered a total of 22,231 Financial Intermediation establishments. Of the total figure, 21,037…

Total external trade in goods for January to September 2005 amounted to $63.302 billion, a 2.0 percent growth from $62.073 billion during the same period last year. Expenditures for total foreign-made merchandise inched up by 0.7 percent to $33.344…

Beginning this year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) will release annual construction statistics from approved building permits, to include final figures(revised) vis--vis the preliminary quarterly data posted at the NSO website.

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered a slower rate of increment of 0.2 percent in September from 1.4 percent in August. The price of plywood dropped by 0.4 percent from zero growth…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis registered an increase of 9.7 percent in September 2005 from a double-digit growth of (revised) 17.9 percent in August 2005, according to the preliminary results…

The number of establishments in private education service activities reached 8,900 in 2003. Establishments with an average total employment (ATE) of less than 20 dominated the sector with 6,813 or 76.6 percent of the total. The remaining 2,087…