The number of jobless Filipinos dropped below two million in November of last year, leading to the lowest unemployment rate in the country in almost two decades, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. PSA Undersecretary and National Statistician Claire Dennis S. Mapa, the announced on...
The wholesale price growth of general goods saw a slowdown in November last year at 4.2 percent from October, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The November reading of the general wholesale price index (GWPI) was weaker than the year-earlier 7.2 percent. From January to...
The country saw its lowest inflation rate of the year in December, but unfortunately, low-income Filipino families did not reap the benefits of this downturn, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA's data revealed that the inflation rate for the poorest 30 percent of...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority-8 aims to register 300,000 individuals in Eastern Visayas in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) this year. The agency has successfully registered about 3.8 million persons as of December. PSA-8 Director Wilma Perante attributed their...
The cost of rice shot up by 19.6 percent in December last year, marking its highest increase in over 14 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. This reading, according to the statistics agency, was also the highest in 2023 since rice inflation peaked in September due to the...
The rate of increase in consumer prices continued to slow in December, while the country's annual inflation climbed to its highest level in 15 years, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Last month's consumer price growth showed sustained signs of easing, with headline...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that the agency has successfully printed and dispatched over 50 million national IDs for Filipinos who have registered to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). In a statement, PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said a total of...
The farmgate prices of unmilled rice or palay averaged P21.96 per kilo in November, an increase of 26.6 percent from P17.35 per kilo in the same month a year ago. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report that all regions registered year-on-year growth rates in average farmgate...
Amid a lower-than-expected number of registrants this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has vowed to spare no effort in ensuring the inclusion of Filipinos who have yet to register with the national ID system. The PSA reported that the agency has still not achieved the target of 92...
Prices of goods in Metro Manila continued to grow at a slow pace in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the survey of eight commodities, the National Capital Region's (NCR) general retail price index (GRPI) declined further to 2.9 percent from 3.4 percent in...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the upward trend in agricultural commodity prices, including crops and fish, continued to lose momentum in the third quarter. The PSA said in a report that the annual producer price index (PPI) for agriculture dropped to 7.9 percent from 12...
Over 25 million Filipinos were struggling to meet their basic needs, including food, due to insufficient income, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, Dec. 22. The PSA's preliminary 2023 First Semester Official Poverty Statistics showed that about 22.4 percent of the...
