Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a quarter-on-quarter decline of -0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2023. Transportation and storage, Manufacturing, and Financial and insurance activities were the top contributors to the quarter-on-quarter…

PRODUCTION The April to June 2023 seasonally adjusted palay production was recorded at 5.01 million metric tons. This indicates a decline of -0.2 percent from the previous quarter’s seasonally adjusted estimate of production at 5.02 million metric…

In the second quarter of 2023, the value of production in agriculture and fisheries at constant 2018 prices, which amounted to PhP 427.69 billion, decreased by -1.3 percent. This was attributed to the reduction in the value of fisheries production.…

The first quarter 2023 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate was maintained at 6.4 percent. Major changes were recorded in three industries: Education, from 5.8 percent to 6.6 percent; Accommodation and food service activities, from 26.9 percent…

The country’s employment rate in June 2023 was estimated at 95.5 percent. This was higher than the reported 94.0 percent employment rate in the same month last year, but slightly lower than the 95.7 percent estimate in May 2023.

In June 2023, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 17.32 billion, which indicates an annual decline of -9.6 percent from its level of USD 19.17 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase by 3.9 percent annually in June 2023. This was slower than its annual growth of 9.9 percent in the previous month. In June 2022, the VaPI recorded an annual growth rate of 7.8 percent.

The seasonally adjusted VaPI for total manufacturing declined at a monthly rate of -2.4 percent in June 2023 from a 1.9 percent monthly growth in May 2023.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) extends the deadline for the submission of entries to the 34th National Statistics Month (NSM) Media Awards (NSMMA). Entries may be submitted to NSM Media Awards Secretariat until 15 August 2023.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the June 2023 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 09 August 2023 (Wednesday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the Media Room,…