Tag: PSA

THE AVERAGE farmgate price of palay, or unmilled rice, rose 0.3% to P15.94 per kilogram (kg) in the last week of January, a price level that remains 19.2% lower year-on-year, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.

FEWER FILIPINOS were mired in poverty in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.

THE national rice inventory was estimated at 2.598 million metric tons (MMT) on June 1, up 10.1% from a year earlier, but fell 11.8% month-on-month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

THE average farmgate price of palay, or unmilled rice, fell 0.5% week on week during the third week of May to P18.26 per kilogram (kg), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed former dean Claire Dennis S. Mapa of the University of the Philippines (UP) School of Statistics as the new National Statistician and head of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

By Christine Joyce S. Castañeda, Senior Researcher NINETY-FOUR PERCENT (94%) of 24.354 million families have access to improved source of drinking water, according to the...

REVENUE across all industries grew in the fourth quarter of 2018 on account of stronger sales in key industries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

FACTORY output posted its second consecutive month of decline in January, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported this morning. Preliminary results of the PSA's latest...

THE PhilID, the national identification card that will be rolled out soon by the government, would be free of charge for the initial issuance, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reminded the public.

The ongoing trade tension between the United States (US) and China — the world’s two largest economies — continues to intensify as they wrangle...

MANUFACTURING output continued to expand in August albeit at a slower pace compared to a month earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported last Friday.

Construction activities in the Philippines are swelling. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the total number of constructions in the second quarter of...

CONSTRUCTION starts, based on approved building permits, grew 11.7% year-on-year, driven by non-residential projects, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Approved foreign investment pledges rose by 70.4% in the second quarter, its highest in almost three years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. Preliminary PSA data...

THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA) will hold off till 2020 the use of a new baseline for measuring economic growth.

THE implementing agency for the Philippine Identification System Act said it is preparing the terms to auction the design contract for the infrastructure underlying the national identification (ID) system.

FISHERIES output rose 2.64% year-on-year to 1.13 million metric tons (MT) in the second quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.

The Department of Finance classified the Philippines' provinces, cities, and municipalities according to their average annual income.

Employment among firms grew by 1.94% in the first quarter of 2018, results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s first nationwide Labor Turnover Survey showed. This...

REVENUE across all industries grew in the first quarter of 2018 but eased from a year ago, the government reported yesterday.

Revenue across all industries grew 6.9% in the first quarter, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) Quarterly Economic Indices report showed. This was...

The Philippines' trade deficit expanded in April as imports grew by double-digits while exports contracted for the fourth straight month, the Philippine Statistics Authority...

THE population of persons of school-going age who were not in school dropped to 3.6 million in 2017 from 3.8 million a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

THE TOURISM industry’s contribution to the economy was the highest in 18 years in 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

THE NUMBER of approved building permits continued to grow in the first quarter albeit at a slower rate compared to a year earlier as well as a quarter earlier, the government reported yesterday.

Tourism’s contribution to the Philippine economy, as measured by the share of tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA), was highest in 18 years, the...

The number of approved building permits continued to grow in the first quarter albeit slower amid a decline in residential construction projects. Preliminary results from...

INFLATION clocked slower than expected in May but still marked the fastest clip in more than five years and kept the year-to-date pace past the government’s 2-4% target for 2018, prompting state economic managers to express concern and assure the public of action in separate statements on Tuesday.

Factory production expanded in April to its fastest pace in eight years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported this morning. Preliminary results of the PSA's...

THE mining and quarrying industry was the most competitive in terms of the ratio of job applicants to available professional positions between Jan. 2015 and June 2016, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino, Special Features Writer With the “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program of the Duterte administration, the cement industry is now at the...

According to the 2017 Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment (GSLE) report released by Philippine Statistics Authority, these are the average working hours per week...

MERCHANDISE EXPORTS in February fell for the first time in 15 months while imports continued to grow by double digits leading to a wider...

From a relatively small and unpopular sector, baking in the Philippines has grown into a large industry that provides greater business and employment opportunities....

THE Philippines’ trade deficit continued to widen in January with imports rising by double-digits amid flat exports growth. Preliminary data released yesterday by the Philippine...

By Ranier Olson R. Reusora, Researcher REPORTED CASES of occupational injury declined around 13.7% in 2015 compared with the previous survey covering 2013, the Philippine Statistics...

The Philippine economy posted 6.6% gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported this morning. The October-December outcome...

By Jochebed Gonzales, Senior Researcher Prices of widely used goods logged in 3.3% year-on-year increase in December, sustaining growth observed in the previous month, the Philippine...

By Melissa Luz T. Lopez Senior Reporter INFLATION could have picked up in October amid rising fuel, utility, and food prices to possibly hit a three-year...

According to Oxford Business Group (OBG), the effects of the sustained economic growth of the Philippines have been obvious in the construction industry, which...

By Melissa Luz T. Lopez Senior Reporter THE OVERALL HIKE in prices of widely used goods and services could have quickened in August to its fastest...

THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an increase in the country’s domestic trade in terms of value and quantity in 2016 on the back...

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