The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country’s trade deficit widened in June this year as exports declined faster than imports. The balance of trade in goods in the country recorded a deficit of $4.3 billion in June, higher by 9.3 percent than the $3.9 billion deficit in...
Consumer prices surged by 4.4 percent in July, surpassing the government's target for the first time this year due to a faster increase in utilities, food, and transportation costs. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the country’s headline inflation rate last month...
Factory gate prices posted an annual decrease of 0.1 percent in June this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday, July 30. This was a reversal of the 0.5 percent growth in the producer price index (PPI) recorded in the same month a year earlier and a slightly faster...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is projecting that the economy of Western Visayas is poised to lose P379 billion once Negros Occidental and its capital city of Bacolod separates from the region. A TRUCK carrying sugarcane in Silay City, Negros Occidental province....
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an improvement in the country's poverty incidence last year, in line with the government's goal of reducing it to single digits by 2028. Based on the preliminary findings of the 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the poverty...
Registered individuals are allowed to save a copy or screenshot of their national identification cards on their phones to present in establishments, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a Facebook post, the PSA said that national ID-registered citizens may obtain and generate...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas region jumped to 4.9 percent last June. A VENDOR at the La Paz Market in Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that the inflation rate in Western Visayas went up to 4.9 percent in June. (Tara Yap)...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has identified the Local Civil Registry Office of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur as responsible for the issuance of nearly 200 fraudulent birth certificates, primarily to Chinese nationals. After conducting a verification process, National Statistician and Civil...
The country’s trade deficit widened in May after a measly decline in imports and exports, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed Wednesday, July 10. The trade deficit, or the difference between the value of exports and imports, reached $4.60 billion in the fifth month of 2024,...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reminded that individuals who refuse to comply with its national population census and survey may face imprisonment and be fined P100,000. PSA said that those who fail to cooperate with the 2024 Census of Population will be fined P100,000, as per Republic...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the number of jobless Filipinos decreased in May compared to the previous year; however, the figures were higher than they were a month ago. The PSA Labor Force Survey revealed on Monday, July 8, that the unemployment rate in May this year...
The rate of increase in consumer prices slightly eased to 3.7 percent in June from the 3.9 percent recorded in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In its latest inflation report, the PSA said this figure is attributed to slower growth in transport and electricity prices during...
