The local manufacturing sector improved for five consecutive months last August on strong production in sugary beverage and refined petroleum products, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. August 2021 Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries In its Monthly Integrated Survey...
Consumer prices rose at a slower pace last month brought about by softer costs of transportation as well as food and beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 5. 15INFLATION The country’s headline inflation eased to 4.8 percent in September from 4.9 percent...
Consumer prices last month eased to 4.8 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The September inflation rate is lower than the 4.9 percent in the previous month, but quicker compared with the 2.3 percent rise of a year ago. Last month's average...
The Philippines is seen importing more chicken meat until end this year despite declining demand, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed. The latest forecast of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Manila (Post) showed that the Philippines’ “chicken meat...
Unemployment worsened after the government reimposed the strictest form of lockdown in August, leading to an increase of around 810,00 in the number of jobless Filipinos in the country, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the latest Labor Force Survey released on Thursday,...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have signed an agreement that will facilitate the identification and verification of beneficiaries for the different social welfare programs. Last Sept. 17, the PSA and DSWD sealed a memorandum of...
Palay prices in some parts of the country have dipped below the production cost, but the worst is yet to come for rice farmers. Based on the initial survey by Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), palay prices in some parts of the country, including Pangasinan, Tarlac, Mindoro Occidental, Negros...
Philippine Statistics Authority There are now more than 30 million Filipinos who have registered into the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. As of Sept. 9, the PSA reported that 30,043,249 Filipinos have already completed their Step 2...
National ID (PSA) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has so far delivered 1.7 million national identification (ID) cards nationwide, Assistant Secretary Rose Bautista said on Wednesday, Sept. 15. The issuance of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Number or PSN and delivery of the...
The Philippines’ rice inventory fell in August after stocks in households, commercial, and the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses all recorded decline in supply. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that as of August, the country's rice stocks inventory was...
Approved foreign investment pledges increased by nearly half in the second-quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, Sept. 9. psa-logo Based on the PSA data, total foreign investments in the country reached P22.5 billion in April to June 2021, an increase of...
The country’s trade deficit widened in July amid the gradual reopening of the local economy. Philippine Export and Import Statistics July 2021 The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, Sept. 9, that the gap in the trade balance, or the difference between the value of export and...
