Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis increased by 11.0 percent in February 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Significant…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis increased by 11.0 percent in February 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Significant…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved at a slightly slower rate of increase of 0.5 percent in March from 0.6 percent in February. Increments in the prices of interior electrical fixtures…

Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) went up at a slower rate of 9.7 percent in February from 10.0 percent in January.

Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) accelerated to 10.2 percent in January from 9.7 percent in December.

Quantity of domestic trade decreased; value increased... The total quantity of domestic trade in the fourth quarter of 2004 declined by 34.7 percent, resulting to 4.53 million tons from 6.93 million tons registered during the same period of last…

The number of Overseas Filipinos Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad during the period April to September 2004 reached 1.06 million, up by 8.2 percent from 982 thousand a year ago. Of this total, 92.9 percent (988 thousand) were overseas contract…

Export earnings for April 2005 went up by 8.8 percent to $3.229 billion from $2.969 billion during the same period a year earlier. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to April 2005 gained by 4.8 percent to $12.749 billion…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines increased by 8.5 percent in March, similar with the inflation rate posted in February. Inflation a year ago was 4.2 percent.

A total of 8,856 establishments providing private education services nationwide were reported in the 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), around 6,796 establishments (76.7%) had an average total employment (ATE) of less…