As of 01 January 2024, the country’s total rice stocks inventory was estimated at 2.03 million metric tons. This exhibits an annual increase of 9.6 percent from the 1.85 million metric tons inventory in the same period of the previous year. Month-…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approves the conduct of the 2024 Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI) to provide quarterly data for each of the identified leading industry major groups in all sectors of the economy…

The PSA upholds and recognizes the value of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in its recruitment, selection, and promotion process and hereby adheres to the equal employment opportunity principle. There shall be no discrimination in the selection…

The total quantity of domestic trade in the fourth quarter of 2023 was registered at 3.24 million tons. This represents an annual decrease of 48.6 percent from the 6.31 million tons recorded quantity of domestic trade in the same quarter of 2022.

This Special Release highlights the overall economic performance of all provinces and HUCs included in the Provincial Product Accounts (PPA) compilation in 2023. Based on the latest PPA results, almost all provinces and HUCs in the Philippines grew…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board approved the Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) 2023-2029 through PSA Board Resolution No. 02, series of 2024, “Approving the Philippine Statistical Development Program 2023-2029 and…

The country’s unemployment rate in December 2023 dropped to 3.1 percent, from 4.3 percent in December 2022 and 3.6 percent in November 2023.

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in December 2023. This was faster compared with its annual growth rate of 2.0 percent in the previous month. In December 2022, VaPI recorded a double-digit annual…

The seasonally adjusted VaPI for total manufacturing dropped at a monthly rate of 1.0 percent in December 2023 from the 1.1 percent monthly growth observed in November 2023.

At the national level, a kilogram of well milled rice had an average retail price of PhP 55.42 during the second phase of January 2024 (15 to 17 January 2024), lower than the average retail price in the first phase of January 2024 (01 to 05 January…