The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly picked up to 160.8 and 164.8 in April from their respective March levels of 159.9 and 163.7.

On an annual basis, headline inflation rate went up by 0.3 percentage point to 4.1 percent in April from 3.8 percent in March. This was mainly effected by the 0.5 percentage point increase in the inflation rate of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT…

Registered export earnings for March 2004 went up by 7.1 percent to $3.350 billion from $3.129 billion during the same period of 2003.

Approved building permits post a 21.4 percent growth Approved building permits nationwide summed up to 27,314 applications during the fourth quarter of 2003 representing a 21.4-percent growth compared to 22,497 during the same period of 2002. An…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry registered a single-digit year-on-year increase in February 2004 at 4.8 percent, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).…

Total external trade in goods for January to February 2004 amounted to $12.016 billion representing an increment of 6.8 percent from $11.254 billion during the same period a year earlier. Total foreign-made merchandise also increased by 7.7 percent…

Restaurants, bars, canteens and other eating and drinking places accounted for majority of establishments A total of 88,171 hotels, restaurants and similar establishments nationwide were reported in the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and…

Value and quantity of domestic trade declined In the third quarter of 2003, the total value of domestic trade decreased by 31.7 percent, resulting to P78.38 billion from P114.79 billion registered during the same period of last year. Water was the…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly increased to 159.8 and 163.7 in March from their respective February levels of 158.8 and 161.8.

Year-on-year headline inflation rate increased to 3.8 percent in March from 3.4 percent in February primarily brought about by the 0.9 percentage point increment in the inflation rate of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT). Higher inflation rates in…