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Total Number of OFWs Estimated at 2.4 Million (Results from the 2015 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)

 

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2015 was estimated at 2.4 million. Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contract comprised 97.1 percent of the…
2013 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) - Transportation and Storage with Total Employment of 20 and Over : Preliminary Results

 

Support activities for transportation leads the sector Preliminary results of the 2013 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that there were 1,110 establishments with total employment (TE) of 20 and over for the sector.…
Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries : February 2016

 

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing modestly grew by 2.8 percent in February 2016 compared with the negative 7.6 percent during the same month last year, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…
Merchandise Export Performance : February 2016

 

The Philippines’ export sales amounted to $4.310 billion in February 2016, a 4.5 percent decrease from $4.513 billion recorded value in February 2015.
General Retail Price Index in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : February 2016

 

The year-on-year growth of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 0.6 percent in February 2016. Last month, it was pegged at 1.2 percent and in February 2015, 2.2 percent. A double-digit annual…
Deaths in the Philippines, 2013

 

The reported deaths in 2013 numbered 531,280, an increase of 16,535 or 3.2 percent from 514,745 deaths recorded in 2012. In 2013, an average of 1,458 persons died daily or 61 deaths per hour. The number of deaths from 2004 to 2013 showed a…
Producer Price Survey : February 2016

 

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing declined at a slower rate of 5.2 percent in February 2016 compared with negative 5.6 percent during the same month last year.
Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : March 2016

 

The country’s annual headline inflation increased to 1.1 percent in March 2016. It was posted at 0.9 percent a month ago and 2.4 percent in March 2015. The growth was due to higher annual increments noted in the indices of food and non-alcoholic…
Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2006=100) : March 2016

 

The seasonally adjusted CPI for all items and alcoholic beverages and tobacco at the national level both inched up 0.1 percent in March after a 0.1 percent decline in February.
General Retail Price Index in the National Capital Region (2000=100) : January 2016

 

The annual growth of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further moved up 1.2 percent in January 2016. It registered 1.0 percent in December 2015 and 1.8 percent for the same period last year. The uptrend was…