The year-on-year growth of General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further moved upward to 0.8 percent in August 2016.

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions via water and air increased by 27.0 percent during the second quarter of 2016 from 3.72 million tons to 4.72 million tons.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up 2.0 percent in September 2016.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) in September 2016 moved at its August rate of 1.7 percent.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) rose to 8.4 percent in August 2016, a reversal from the negative growth of 5.8 percent during the same month of last year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries…

The Philippines’ export sales amounted to $4.904 billion in August 2016, a 4.4 percent decrease from $5.128 billion recorded value in August 2015.

The total imported goods by the country for the month of August 2016 amounted to $6.927 billion, an increase of 12.2 percent from $6.176 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The country’s annual headline inflation picked up 2.3 percent in September 2016. It was posted at 1.8 percent a month ago and 0.4 percent in September 2015. Higher annual increments were noted in the indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages;…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing declined at a slower rate of 4.5 percent in August 2016 compared with a negative 7.9 percent during the same period last year.

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items and recreation and culture in September 2016 both moved at their last month’s rate of 0.1 percent.