Year-on-year inflation further slowed down to 3.8 percent in January from 4.1 percent in December. This was effected by the continued deceleration in the inflation rates of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), clothing, services and miscellaneous…

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to December 2001 declined by 15.6 percent to $32.148 billion from $38.078 billion during the same period a year earlier. For December 2001, reported earnings went down by 24.4 percent to $2.643 billion…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) gains little headway in the 1994-based series The Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry in November 2001 gained 1.0 percent in the 1994-based series while the 1985-based series slowed down…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2001 amounted to $56.912 billion or 10.7 percent lower than $63.732 billion in 2000. Bill for foreign-made merchandise declined by 6.0 percent to $27.408 billion from $29.150 billion. Likewise,…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR slightly went up to 149.3 in December from 149.2 in November.

Year-on-year inflation further decelerated to 3.9 percent in December from 4.4 percent in November. This was the lowest rate observed in one and a half years (since July 2000). The continued slowdown in the inflation rates of all the commodity…

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to December 2001 declined by 15.6 percent to $32.148 billion from $38.078 billion during the same period a year earlier. For December 2001, reported earnings went down by 24.4 percent to $2.643 billion…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) continued to slow down Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry in October 2001 registered single digit year-on-year increases both in 1994 and 1985-based series at 2.2 percent and 0.5 percent…

Total external trade in goods for January to October 2001 amounted to $52.244 billion or 9.5 percent lower than $57.747 billion in 2000. Bill for foreign-made merchandise declined by 4.2 percent to $25.369 billion from $26.482 billion. On the other…

Labor force population in October 2001 increased by 2.5 million or 7.9% to 33.4 million from last year's estimate of 30.9 million. Labor force participation rate likewise increased to 67.5% from 64.3%.