TACLOBAN CITY – The inflation rate in Eastern Visayas went up to 7.4 percent in October after two consecutive months of deceleration, the Philippines Statistics Authority said. It registered double-digit inflation of 11.1 percent from 8.6 percent in September. The PSA attributed the uptrend...
Factory output sustained its positive annual growth, but at a much slower pace in September this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 8. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of production index (VoPI)...
The country’s unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in September this year, a new record low after the full reopening of the economy since the pandemic. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 8, that the local labor market sustained its positive momentum with...
Imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, resulting in a much wider trade deficit in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Friday, Nov. 4, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the value of export and import, jumped 26 percent...
The rate of increase in consumer prices accelerated further in October, hitting its fastest pace in nearly 14 years, on the back of higher food costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. On Friday, Nov. 4, the PSA reported that headline inflation clocked in at 7.7 percent last month,...
The country’s palay and corn output likely increased in the third-quarter this year based on standing crops as of August, according to a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Data from the PSA on Tuesday, Nov. 1 showed that the estimated production of palay and corn from...
Deputy Minority Leader and Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has filed a House resolution calling for a probe on the problematic rollout of the national ID system. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera Herrera, who filed House Resolution (HR) No. 471, said the...
Imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, resulting in a much wider trade deficit in August this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Tuesday, Oct. 11, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the value of export and import, jumped...
Factory output sustained its positive annual growth in August due to strong production of machinery and equipment, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday, Oct. 7. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of production...
Sample PhilSys Digital ID (PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY / WEBSITE) Some Filipinos who have not yet received their physical national identification (ID) card can now download a digital version, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) public advisory on Wednesday, Oct. 5....
The number of jobless Filipinos rose in August this year as recent graduates who joined the labor market had a hard time to get employment, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Based on the PSA preliminary results of the Labor Force Survey released on Thursday, Oct. 6, the...
Consumers prices continued to climb at the fastest pace in nearly four years to 6,9 percent in September on the back of rising food and energy costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Headline inflation clocked in at 6.9 percent last month, higher than the 6.3...
