Value of Production Index (VaPI) continues to drop Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry continued to decline at a slower rate of 0.6 percent in September 2002 compared with year ago figure, according to the…

As the population of the region grew, the economically active persons (15 to 64 years old) increased by more than nine percent, from 1.07 million persons in 1995 to 1.16 million persons in 2000. They comprised about 56 percent of the total…

Total external trade in goods for January to September 2002 amounted to $51.161 billion or 9.0 percent higher than $46.933 billion in 2001. The bill for foreign-made merchandise went up by 9.3 percent to $25.129 billion from $22.999 billion.…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR decreased to 149.5 in October from 150.3 in September while the level for AONCR remained at 157.4.

Year-on-year inflation slowed down to 2.7 percent in October from 2.9 percent in September as the inflation rates of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and housing and repairs (H&R) decelerated. Inflation a year ago was 5.5 percent.

For September 2002, reported earnings went up by 16.8 percent to $3.190 billion from $2.731 billion during the same month a year earlier. Receipts from merchandise exports for January to September 2002 increased by 8.8 percent to $26.039 billion…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) drops in August 2002 For August 2002, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry dropped by 8.5 percent compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

Building Permit Applications Increased by 25.1 Percent Building permit applications during the second quarter of 2002 nationwide totaled 25,459, representing an increase of 25.1 percent compared with 20,354 applications recorded over the same…

Thirty-five percent of currently married women are reported using modern family planning methods such as pills, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, IUD, injection, diaphragm/foam/jelly/ cream, temperature or standard days method this…

Total external trade in goods for January to August 2002 amounted to $44.956 billion or 7.8 percent higher than $41.702 billion in 2001. The bill for foreign-made merchandise moved up by 7.8 percent to $22.108 billion from $20.499 billion. On the…