The country had fewer unemployed persons in October this year at 4.2 percent or 2.9 million individuals, according to a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This was significantly lower than the 4.5 percent recorded in the same month last year, and 4.8 percent in July this year. It...
The cost of rice in the country went up despite the inflation rate easing to 4.1 percent, the lowest reading in 20 months since March a year ago. The inflation record during the month was significantly lower than the 8 percent in the same period last year, and 4.9 percent in October 2023....
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo and this city posted an economic growth in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday, December 4. A VIEW of the Diversion Road in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Iloilo – composed of 42 towns...
Despite the common notion that June weddings bring fortune and happiness, official data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) indicated that December is the most preferred month for marriage among Filipinos. In 2022, the final month of the year saw the highest number of registered...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that prices of goods in the National Capital Region (NCR) in October rose at the slowest pace since the trend started to increase in February last year. Data released by the PSA showed that the annual rate of the general retail price index (GRPI) in...
The farmgate price of palay or rice per kilogram picked up at a faster pace in October this year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. PSA reported that the average farmgate price of palay in the country rose by 18.1 percent to P20.60 per kilogram in October from P17.44...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reduced the prices for ordering multiple copies of civil registry records through its online service platform. According to the statistics office, the cost of obtaining two copies of PSA certificates through the PSA Serbilis website has been lowered by...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported a reduction in government spending on disaster risk reduction last year. Data from the PSA showed that the public expenditure on disaster risk reduction activities amounted to just over P315.89 billion in 2022, a 52 percent decrease from the...
Factory gate prices posted an annual decrease of 0.3 percent in October this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Wednesday, Nov. 29. This was a reversal of the 7.3 percent of the producer price index (PPI) growth recorded in the same month a year earlier and slightly faster...
The value of traded goods in the country during the third quarter shrank as the volume also decreased in the third quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Data from the PSA showed the value of goods traded from July to September posted a double-digit drop of 38.3...
The value of the country’s coal, oil, natural gas, and condensate reserves increased by twofold to P594.22 billion last year even when its volumes plunged, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The numbers cover Class A coal as well as petroleum in the form of oil, natural gas, and...
The costs of several agricultural commodities, including special rice, went up in the first days of November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In a data released by PSA, a kilogram of special rice posted an average retail price of P61.40 between Nov. 1 and 5, up by 1.3 percent...
