Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis managed to improve by 2.8 percent in April 2004, from a drop of (revised) 5.0 percent recorded during the previous month, according to the preliminary results of…

Total external trade in goods for January to April 2004 amounted to $25.364 billion representing an increment of 6.9 percent from $23.724 billion during the same period a year earlier. Total foreign-made merchandise also gain by 6.9 percent to $13.…

Of the population 15 years old and over, there were those who were in the labor force and those who were not...

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 161.1 and 166.0 in May from their respective April levels of 160.8 and 164.9.

Among the major groups of electronic products, components/devices (Semiconductors) dominated the groupings with 44.0 percent share to total exports. Semiconductors dropped by 2.4 percent to $1.307 billion from $1.339 billion during the same period a…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate increased by 0.4 percentage point to 4.5 percent in May from 4.1 percent in April mainly due to the 0.5 percentage point increment in the inflation rate of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT). In addition, clothing…

Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) went up by 1.5 percentage points to 6.5 percent in March from 5.0 percent in February.

Quantity of domestic trade increased; value decreased The total quantity of domestic trade in fourth quarter 2003 increased by 37.3 percent, resulting to 6.93 million tons from 5.05 million tons registered during the same period of last year. Most…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year comparison fell by 6.1 percent in March 2004, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors that…

Total external trade in goods for January to March 2004 amounted to $18.945 billion representing an increase of 6.4 percent from $17.812 billion during the same period last year. Total foreign-made merchandise as well grew by 6.4 percent to $9.752…