The country’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in April 2023, from 5.7 percent in the same month last year.  In January 2023, unemployment rate was posted at 4.8 percent. In terms of level, the number of unemployed persons in April 2023 was…

In April 2023, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 14.34 billion, which indicates an annual decline of -18.6 percent from its level of USD 17.60 billion in the same period of the previous year. In March 2023, its annual…

The seasonally adjusted VaPI for total manufacturing grew at a monthly rate of 3.4 percent in April 2023. This is a recovery from the -1.2 percent month-on-month decline observed in March 2023.

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase by 10.7 percent in April 2023, faster than the March 2023 annual growth of 6.0 percent. In April 2022, the VaPI recorded an annual growth rate of 5.0 percent.  (Figure 2, Tables A and 1)

The number of Filipinos 15 years old and over who were in the labor force was at 49.56 million of the estimated 76.60 million population 15 years old and over in 2022. This translates to a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 64.7 percent or 647…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the April 2023 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 09 June 2023 (Friday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the Media Room, 12th…

19 May 2023 - Quezon City. Committed to deliver the institution’s products and services more efficiently in line with the theme of its 10th Anniversary: “PSA@10: Providing Quality Services Through Digital Transformation,” the Philippine Statistics…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the National Data Dissemination Forum on the 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) Final Report on 06 June 2023 (Tuesday) from 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM. Media personnel can…

The country’s deseasonalized CPI for all items posted a 0.3 percent month-on-month growth rate in May 2023 from a zero percent monthly rate recorded in April 2023.

Headline inflation or the overall inflation in the Philippines slowed down further to 6.1 percent in May 2023 from 6.6 percent in April 2023. This is the fourth consecutive month of deceleration in the headline inflation in the country. Despite the…