The January 2011 LFS placed the size of the labor force at approximately 39.2 million persons out of the estimated 61.5 million population 15 years old and over, resulting in the labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 63.7 percent. Among the…

The January 2011 Labor Force Survey (LFS) placed the employment rate at 92.6 percent. This figure is not significantly different from the estimate reported in January last year, which was 92.7 percent. The regions that posted high employment rates…

In 2007, the total number of deaths registered in the country was 441,956 resulting to a crude death rate of 5.1 per thousand population.

The value of Philippine merchandise exports for January 2011 was estimated at $4.000 billion, an 11.8 percent increment from $3.579 billion recorded in January of 2010. However, receipts from merchandise exports went down by 4.8 percent from $4.…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 0.8 percent in January from 0.3 percent in December. A higher movement was noted in the heavily weighted food index at 1.4…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry decelerated at a slower rate of -3.6 percent in January 2011, according to the preliminary results of the monthly Producer Price Survey. This was attributed mainly to two major…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly moved up to 160.3 and 175.9 in February from their respective January levels of 158.6 and 174.1.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) will hold a dissemination forum to present the final results of the 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) on March 4, 2011 at the Richmonde Hotel located at 21 San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig…

The annual headline inflation at the national level accelerated to 4.3 percent in February from 3.6 percent in January due to higher annual rates posted in the indexes of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), housing and repairs (H&R) and…

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level advanced to 5.1 percent in December from 4.4 percent in November.