The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered an increment of 0.6 percent in June, the same rate posted in May. Increases were observed in the prices of lumber, 2.2 percent in June from 1.2…

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 items in NCR and AONCR recorded at their corresponding July levels of 120.8 and 124.6…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level slowed down to 7.1 percent in July from 7.6 percent in June. Except for housing and repairs and miscellaneous items, inflation rates for all the commodity groups decelerated. Inflation a…

Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2004 decreased by 9.1 percent, resulting to 24.61 million tons from 27.07 million tons reported in 2003. Most of the commodities were shipped…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis continued to gain by 12.9 percent in May 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was…

Approved building permits reaches 25,252 Approved building permits during the first quarter of 2005 registered a total of 25,252 applications, representing a decrease of 0.8 percent compared with 25,447 approved building permits during the same…

Total external trade in goods for January to May 2005 amounted to $32.488 billion, an increase of 1.8 percent from $31.904 billion during the same period of the previous year. However, total foreign-made merchandise slightly fell by 0.2 percent to $…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered a slower rate of increment of 0.6 percent in May from 1.8 percent in April. Increases in the prices of the fuels and lubricants slowed down to 0…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level slowed down to 7.6 percent in June from 8.5 percent in May. Except for clothing, inflation rates for all the commodity groups decelerated. Inflation a year ago was 5.4 percent

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 items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 120.0 and 124.5 in June from their…