Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis rose by 11.7 percent in March 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Eight (8) major sectors…

Majority of Establishments were in Collection, Purification and Distribution of Water There were an estimated total number of 1,009 establishments in business operations during the year 2001 in the electricity, gas and water sector according…

Export earnings for May 2005 increased by 1.1 percent to $3.296 billion from $3.259 billion during the same period of the previous year. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to May 2005 grew by 4.0 percent to $16.045 billion…

The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered a total of 3,022 agriculture and forestry establishments nationwide. Almost three-fourths of these (73.7 percent or 2,227) were agriculture and forestry establishments with…

Export earnings for March 2005 went down by 2.8 percent to $3.256 billion from $3.350 billion during the same period of the previous year. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to March 2005 grew by 3.6 percent to $9.520…

On its fourth month during the year, year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines remained at 8.5 percent in May. Inflation a year ago was 4.5 percent. Excluding selected food and energy items, core inflation was posted at 7.6 percent in…

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 picked up to 119.4 and 123.4 in April from their…

For three consecutive months, year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines was registered at 8.5 percent in April. Inflation a year ago was 4.3 percent. Excluding selected food and energy items, core inflation further decelerated to 7.8…

 

Number of building construction dips by 5.2 percent

Total external trade in goods for January to February 2005 amounted to $12.226 billion representing a growth of 1.7 percent from $12.016 billion during the same period a year earlier. However, total foreign-made merchandise was down by 3.4 percent…