Approved building permits reaches 27,773 Approved building permits during the second quarter of 2005 reached 27,773, representing a slight increase of 0.1 percent compared with 27,748 approved building permits recorded during the same period of the…

Export earnings for September 2005 went down by 1.2 percent to $3.599 billion from $3.641 billion during the same period last year. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to September 2005 grew by 3.4 percent to $29.958 billion…

CPI of Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT): National Capital Region (NCR) and Areas Outside the National Capital Region (AONCR) The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly increased to 123.3 and 126.7 in October from their…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines was recorded at 7.0 percent in October, the same rate registered in September. Inflation a year ago was 7.7 percent. Excluding selected food and energy items, core inflation slowed down by 0.2…

Competition among young statistics whizzes heats up as provincial eliminations for the 2005 Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) are now on. Regional finals are set on November 15 while the national championship will be on December 6 at the Bangko…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry grew by 20.4 percent in August 2005 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors…

Total external trade in goods for January to August 2005 amounted to $55.590 billion, a 1.8 percent growth from $54.615 billion during the same period of the previous year. Expenditures for total foreign-made merchandise slightly dropped by 0.2…

Commodity flow or domestic trade refers to the flow of commodities through the water, air and rail transport systems in the country. Data on the inflow and outflow of commodities in the different regions of the country are used to construct…

Year-on-year inflation rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) went up at a slower rate of 10.2 percent in June from 10.6 percent in May. Annual price adjustment for crude materials, inedible except fuels still posted a negative rate of 1.4…

Export earnings for August 2005 slightly went up by 0.8 percent to $3.458 billion from $3.430 billion during the same period a year earlier. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to August 2005 gained by 4.1 percent to $26.360…