Higher monthly adjustment was recorded in the seasonally adjusted consumer price index (CPI) for alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 0.4 percent in October from 0.3 percent in September; clothing and footwear, 0.3 percent from 0.2 percent; housing,…

Quantity and value of domestic trade decrease The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in 2011 decreased by 6.3 percent, from 20.28 million tons reported in 2010 to 19.00 million tons. The commodities were traded mostly through water,…

This Special Release presents the preliminary results of the 2010 SICT for the core ICT indicators of the Information Economy (IE). Table 1 shows a comparison of the percentages of the core ICT indicators by industry classified as IE for reference…

Total Gross Revenue Index of industries accelerated by in the second quarter of 2012 from the previous year’s growth of Real Estate continued to post the fastest growth at followed by Trade and Transport and Communication which expanded by and…

Total external trade in goods for August 2012 reached $8.855 billion, representing a 4.3 percent decrease from $9.249 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. The decrease can be attributed to the 9.0 percent negative growth of exports from $…

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Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry continued to grow as it posted a year-on-year increase of 3.0 percent in August 2012, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI…

Export earnings in August 2012 went down by 9.0 percent to $3.798 billion from $4.173 billion recorded in August 2011. The decline was brought about by the decrease in value of shipments in the following commodities: Articles of Apparel and Clothing…

The annual change in the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in NCR rose to 3.1 percent in September from 2.9 percent in August.

The year-on-year increase in the retail price index of selected construction materials in the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to 4.0 percent in September from 5.0 percent in August.