Approved building permits for all types of building construction increased Approved building permits nationwide summed up to 22,536 during the third quarter of 2003, representing an increase of 17.5 percent compared with 19,178 approved building…

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2003 amounted to $73.198 billion representing an increment of 3.6 percent from $70.635 billion during the same period a year earlier. Total foreign-made merchandise also went up by 5.7 percent to…

Infant mortality rate in the Philippines declined to 29 deaths among children below 1 year old per 1,000 live births during the period 1998-2002. There were 35 deaths per 1,000 live births during the period 1993-1997. Mortality rate among children…

Value and quantity of domestic trade decreased The total value of domestic trade in second quarter 2003 declined by 13.6 percent, resulting to P85.36 billion from P98.76 billion registered during the same period of last year. Most of the…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT went up to 157.3 in January from 156.4 in December. Similarly, the seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in AONCR increased to 161.2 from 160.1.

Year-on-year headline inflation went up to 3.4 percent in January from 3.1 percent in December mainly due to the 0.9 percentage point increase in the rate of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT). Inflation a year ago was 2.7 percent.

Registered export earnings for December 2003 increased by 9.0 percent to $3.176 billion from $2.914 billion during the same month last year. Based on the revised figures, the export earnings for November 2003 registered an almost flat growth rate,…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry slipped by 0.4 percent in November 2003 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2003 amounted to $66.821 billion representing an increase of 2.7 percent from $65.048 billion during the same period a year ago. Total foreign-made merchandise also went up by 5.0 percent to $34.…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR slightly went up to 156.4 in December from 156.3 in November.