Based on standing crop as of 01 March 2023, the estimated palay and corn production for the period of January to March 2023 may increase compared with the estimate of actual harvest in the same period of 2022.

Relative to the series of data turnover ceremonies recently commenced by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) together with concerned local government units (LGUs) involved in the pilot run of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in…

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), a total of 28,503,757 housing units were listed nationwide. Of this total, 25,191,610 housing units were occupied by households/household population as of 01 May 2020. In 2015, out of…

The value of production in agriculture and fisheries at constant 2018 prices in the first quarter of 2023 was registered at PhP 428.69 billion, which indicates an annual growth of 2.1 percent. This was due to the annual increases in the value of…

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase by 4.9 percent in March 2023, slower than its annual growth of 9.0 percent in the previous month. In March 2022, the VaPI accelerated annually with a three-digit growth rate of 370.3 percent.

The seasonally adjusted VaPI for total manufacturing recorded a lower monthly decline of -1.2 percent in March 2023 from -2.7 percent month-on-month drop in February 2023.

In March 2023, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 17.98 billion, which indicates an annual decline of -5.1 percent from its level of USD 18.95 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The country’s employment rate in March 2023 was estimated at 95.3 percent. This was higher than the reported employment rate in the same month last year at 94.2 percent and in the previous month at 95.2 percent. (Table A-1)

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the March 2023 Labor Force Survey (Preliminary) Results on 08 May 2023 (Monday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the Media Room, 12th…

The overall inflation for the bottom 30% income households in the country slowed down further in April 2023 to 7.4 percent from 8.8 percent in March 2023.