For three consecutive months, the seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR remained at 152.1 in May while that for AONCR, the level accelerated to 158.4 from 157.9.
Year-on-year inflation decelerated to 2.7 percent in May from 2.8 percent in April. This was mainly due to the continued slowdown in the inflation rates of fuel, light and water (FLW) and services. Slower rate posted in clothing also contributed to…
Merchandise exports registered 1.8 percent decrease
Registered earnings for April 2003 decreased by 1.8 percent to $2.698 billion from $2.749 billion during the same month last year.
Receipts from merchandise exports for January to April 2003…
Total value of domestic trade in 2001 amounted to P338.90 billion, higher by 25.2 percent from the P270.75 billion reported in the year 2000. Quantity traded, however, recorded 19.6 million tons, an increase of 17.6 percent compared to the previous…
Value of Production Index (VaPI) moves up further
Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry in March 2003 grew by 17.6 percent over the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…
Total external trade in goods for January to March 2003 amounted to $17.665 billion or 13.3 percent higher than $15.591 billion in 2002. The bill for foreign-made merchandise increased by 22.4 percent to $9.158 billion from $7.482 billion. Similarly…
Use of modern family planning methods, which include pills, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, intrauterine device (IUD), injection, diaphragm/foam/jelly/cream, mucus/Billings/ovulation, LAM, temperature, and standard days method,…
Year-on-year inflation slightly slowed down to 2.8 percent in April from 2.9 percent in March due to the deceleration in the inflation rates of fuel, light and water (FLW) and services. Inflation a year ago was 3.6 percent.
