Value of Production Index (VaPI) grew at 5.4 percent in September 2016 compared with the negative 5.4 percent during the same month of last year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

The Philippines export sales amounted to $5.211 billion in September 2016, a 5.1 percent increase from $4.960 billion recorded value in September 2015.

The annual headline inflation at the national level remained at its last month’s rate of 2.3 percent in October 2016. It was recorded at 0.4 percent in October 2015. This can be attributed to the mixed movements of the annual growths among the…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing reflected a decrease of 3.8 percent in September 2016, showing an improvement from the negative 7.9 percent during the same period last year.

The seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level moved up at a faster rate of 0.3 percent in October from 0.2 percent in September.

The country's total external trade in goods in the First Semester 2016 reached $65.579 billion, expanding by 5.9 percent from $61.918 billion in 2015.

Inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level picked up 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2016. Last quarter, it was registered at 1.2 percent and in the same quarter in 2015, 0.5 percent. The uptrend was primarily due to…

The year-on-year growth of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further moved up by 3.0 percent in September 2016. It was registered at 2.3 percent in August 2016 and 0.4 percent in September 2015. The uptrend…

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 8.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016. This is higher than the 5.7 percent growth in the same quarter last year. This performance was led by Private Services, Trade, and Transportation and Communication.

Per capita health expenditure in the country rose by 8.5 percent from 5,400 in 2013 to 5,859 in 2014 at current prices. On the other hand, per capita health expenditure increased by 4.2 percent at constant 2006 prices.