Inflation for the bottom 30% income households picked up by 1.1 percent for the first quarter of 2016. It went up by 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 3.1 percent in the first quarter last year. This was due to higher annual growths…

The annual average consumer price index (CPI) in 2015 stood at 141.5 for the Philippines, 131.8 for the National Capital Region (NCR) and 144.6 for areas outside NCR (AONCR).

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items; clothing and footwear; and furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house went up to 0.2 percent in April from 0.1 percent in March.

The country’s annual headline inflation was pegged at 1.1 percent in April 2016. It was the same rate recorded last month, while in April 2015, inflation reached 2.2 percent. Mixed movements in the annual growths were observed among the commodity…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for manufacturing decelerated by 5.5 percent in March 2016, the same rate observed during the same month last year.

The annual growth of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 1.1 percent in March 2016.

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 5.9 percent in the 4th quarter of 2015. This performance was led by Real Estate, Transportation and Communication, and Finance.

The total imported goods by the country for the month of February 2016 amounted to $5.414 billion, an increase of 1.2 percent from $5.351 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the 2015 Survey on Research and Development Expenditures and Human Resources (SRDEHR) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Statistical Survey Review and…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) releases the 26th National Statistics Month (NSM) Report. The 26th NSM celebration was spearheaded by PSA with the Department of Health (DOH) as the host agency for the 26th NSM Opening Ceremony. The 26th…