The annual growth of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level eased to 9.8 percent in July from 9.9 percent in June.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing recorded an average annual growth of 6.7 percent in July 2011, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was accounted for by…

This Special Release presents the final data series on construction statistics from approved building permits for the year 2010. The final data set provides updates to the 2010 Quarterly Special Releases on construction statistics. The sources of…

Total external trade in goods for January to July 2011 reached $64.686 billion, representing a 9.1 percent increment from $59.312 billion registered during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total imports grew by 14.3 percent to $35.500…

Quantity of domestic trade falls, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the second quarter of 2011 decreased by 12.6 percent, resulting to 3.70 million tons from 4.24 million tons reported during the same period of…

The monthly change of the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in August from 0.2 percent in July as an increase in painting materials and related compounds index eased to 0.1 percent…

The monthly change of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) inched up by 0.1 percent in July from zero growth in June. Increments recorded in the manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials and machinery…

The month-on-month growth rate of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region dropped to -0.1 percent in August from 0.3 percent in July.

Self-employed workers without any paid employee constituted 29.5 percent of the total employed while employers in own family-operated farm or business made up 3.5 percent. The unpaid family workers accounted for 10.7 percent.

Export earnings in July 2011 went down by 1.7 percent from $4.505 billion to $4.430 billion recorded during the same period of the previous year. Month-on-month, it increased by 7.3 percent from $4.128 billion in June 2011. Total receipts from…