Unemployment rate inches up to 5.3% in Aug.

The ranks of jobless Filipinos went up 79,000 month on month in August, bringing the total unemployed that month to 2.681 million, preliminary data...

Sept. inflation zooms to over 13-year high

The OVERALL year-on-year increase in prices of widely used goods and services rose to its highest pace in more than 13 years in September...

Marcos urges respect for international law at UN debut

Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday called for respect for international law in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly that...

Unemployment rate eases in July

The country's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in more than two years, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday morning. Preliminary data from...

Manufacturing picks up in July

Manufacturing rose for the second straight month in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday morning. Preliminary results of the PSA’s latest Monthly...

August inflation eases to 6.3%

Headline inflation slowed to its two-month low of 6.3% in August as food and transport costs eased, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on...

Factory output up 2.4% in June

The factory output steadily grew in June, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. The preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected...

June trade deficit widens to record $5.8 billion

The country’s merchandise trade deficit hit another record in June despite slowdowns in annual growth of imports and exports, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

Philippines Q2 GDP grows 7.4% year on year

MANILA - The Philippine economy expanded less than expected in the second quarter, but at pace still in line with the official 2022 growth...

Philippines’ Q1 GDP y/y growth revised down to 8.2% from 8.3%

MANILA - The Philippine economy grew 8.2% in the first quarter of 2022 from a year earlier, only slightly lower than the previously-reported growth...

Jobless rate steadies at 6% in June; job quality improves

Unemployment rate steadied in June, while job quality improved to its best in over a year, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Monday. Preliminary results...

July inflation zooms to 6.4%, highest in nearly 4 years

Headline inflation went up to its highest in nearly four years in July due to faster increases in food and transport items. Preliminary data from...