On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.7 percent in April 2016.

Agriculture posted a 4.53 percent drop in production in the first three (3) months of 2016. The output increments in the livestock and poultry subsectors were not enough to offset the downturn in the performance of the crops and fisheries subsectors…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing accelerated at a slower rate of 1.9 percent in March 2016, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

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.