The month-on-month growth in the seasonally adjusted consumer price index (CPI) for all items inched up by 0.1 percent in November from zero growth in October; alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 0.5 percent from 0.4 percent; clothing and footwear, 0.4…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines further slowed to 2.8 percent in November from 3.1 percent in October. It resulted from the deceleration in the annual growths posted in the indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages; housing…

The annual increment of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 2.7 percent in October from 3.7 percent in September. This was due to the slowdown in the annual growth of the heavily-weighted food index at…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry decreased by 2.7 percent in October 2012 from negative 1.2 percent in September 2012, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey. Furniture and…

Total external trade in goods for September 2012 reached $10.051 billion, representing an 11.9 percent increase from $8.980 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. The increase can be attributed to the 22.8 percent positive growth of exports…

After the regional championships held simultaneously last November 20, the names of the 17 young statistics whizzes who will vie for the top titles in the National Finals of the 21st Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) are now known. They will compete…

As measured by the share of tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA) to total gross domestic product (GDP), the contribution of tourism industry to the economy was 5.9 percent in 2011.

Year-on-year inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) for the bottom 30% income households at the national level went up 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2012 from 2.4 percent in the second quarter. This was effected by higher quarterly…

The annual movement of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the country went up at a slower pace of 2.2 percent in September from 2.6 percent in August.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry recorded a year-on-year growth of 6.7 percent in September 2012, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Five major sectors…