Export earnings in December 2011 continued to decline by 20.7 percent from $4.201 billion recorded in December of previous year to $3.332 billion. Month-on-month, it went down by 0.3 percent from $3.342 billion in November 2011.

The 2009 Annual Survey of Philippines Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered a total of 14,078 Financial Intermediation establishments.

According to the final results of the 2009 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), a total of 15,118 establishments were engaged in Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities.

Employment for the sector reached a total of 179,844 in 2009. Almost all (98.7%) or 177,506 workers were paid employees. Among industries, Land transport operation industry had the highest number of employees with 39,374 (21.9%). The…

Wholesale and retail trade; repair services sector in 2009 provided employment to 691,160 workers. Of the total workforce, paid employees comprised 662,463 (95.8 %).

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing sector further decreased to -0.9 percent in December 2011 from -0.4 percent a month ago, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. Nine major sectors posted…

The continued deceleration in the annual increment of the heavily weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index further pushed down the country’s year-on-year headline inflation to 3.9 percent in January 2012 from 4.2 percent in December 2011. The…

The month-on-month change of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level went up to 0.2 percent in January from 0.1 percent in December.

The final results of the 2009 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) for Private Education Services conducted nationwide covered a total of 9,908 establishments. Private elementary education garnered the highest number of…

The 2009 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered 6,100 establishments engaged in Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities. Establishments involved in Other service activities comprised the biggest number with…