Quantity and value of domestic trade increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the fourth quarter of 2011 increased by 26.3 percent, from 4.37 million tons reported during the same period last year to 5.52 million tons. The…

There were a total of 24,610 new construction projects from approved building permits reported in the country during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Total external trade in goods for January 2012 reached $9.257 billion, representing a 0.5 percent decrease from $9.303 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. This was due to the 3.2 percent downward trend of total imports from $5.302…

The year-on-year movement in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level further slowed down to 4.0 percent in January from 5.8 percent in December.

Cagayan Valley posted the highest employment rate in January 2012 at 97.6 percent. The following regions had also posted high employment rates, namely: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), 97.0 percent, MIMAROPA and Zamboanga Peninsula, each…

The monthly change of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR went up to 0.4 percent in February from -0.2 percent in January.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing reflected a year-on-year increment of 2.6 percent in January 2012, after registering declines in the last 3 months of 2011, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

The Philippine merchandise exports for January 2012 increased by 3.0 percent to $4.121 billion from $4.000 billion in January 2011 after a recorded decrease of eight months starting May 2011. On a monthly basis, receipts from merchandise exports…

Total approved foreign direct investments (FDI) for 2011 posted the highest level since 1996, reaching PhP 256.1 billion and surpassing the PhP 241.1 billion pledges recorded in 1997. In the fourth quarter of 2011, total FDI approved by the six…

Compared with January, the month-on-month growth of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region went up to 0.6 percent in February from 0.1 percent.