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Agriculture, manufacturing, info and communication sector report biggest drop in employment (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded its highest unemployment rate since January this year at 8.9 percent this September when the country was recording between 12,000 to more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day. The 8.9 percent unemployment rate came about after the number of unemployed in the Philippines increased from 3.88 million in August 2021 to 4.25 million in the succeeding […]
(Eagle News)–The employment rate in the country was at 91.9 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Thursday, Sept. 30. According to the PSA’s August 2021 Labor Force Survey, the 91.9 percent translates to 44.23 million people employed out of the 48.12 million individuals who comprise the labor force. The PSA said this was higher than the employment rate in April 2021–pegged at 91.3 percent– when the National Capital Region Plus Bubble was […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation accelerated to 4.9 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday, Sept. 7. According to the PSA, this was the highest inflation reported since January 2019. In July, inflation was pegged at 4.0 percent. According to the PSA, the uptrend in the country’s inflation was brought about by the higher annual increment in the index of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages. From from 4.9 percent in July 2021, […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation eased to 4 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, Aug. 5. According to the PSA, this was less than the 4.1 percent inflation rate recorded in June 2021, and brought the country’s year-to-date inflation from January to July 2021 at 4.4 percent. In July 2020, inflation was at 2.7 percent. According to the PSA, the downward trend was attributed to the lower annual increment registered in the transport […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s unemployment rate went down in May as quarantine restrictions eased amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to recent Philippine Statistics Authority data, the 7.7 percent rate registered in that month was lower than the 8.7 percent recorded in April. The 7.7 unemployment rate, the PSA said, was the second-lowest reported for the year. According to the PSA, the 7.7 percent unemployment rate translates to 3.73 million unemployed individuals aged 15 and […]
PhlSys ID has to delivered by PhilPost directly to the recipient in his address; no pick-up points allowed (Eagle News) – Over 400,000 Philippine System IDs have already been completed — half of which have been already distributed, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista said that 200,000 PhlSys IDs have already been distributed by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) while another 200,000 are due for distribution door-to-door […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista regarding the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID on Monday, June 14, 2021. Bautista said that the ID cards will be delivered to the applicant’s house. She said that the online registration is still ongoing, and that they have already fixed gitches in the system since they launched the system on April 30. On May 24, the PSA opened “bookings” for […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation clocked in at 4.5 percent in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday, May 5. The PSA said the 4.5 percent was the same rate recorded in March, but faster than the 2.2 percent rate recorded in April 2020. According to the PSA, varied annual growth rates in the indices of the commodity groups were observed in April. Annual increases, on the other hand, were higher in the indices of […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation slowed down to 4.5 percent in March 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday, April 6. According to the PSA, the inflation rate in the country decelerated after five consecutive months of acceleration. The figure brings the average inflation of the country for the first quarter of 2021 at 4.5 percent. According to the PSA, the slowdown was due primarily to the lower annual increment registered in the heavily-weighted food […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine headline inflation increased to 2.5 percent in October from 2.3 percent the previous month bringing the year-to-date inflation this year at also 2.5 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). “Higher overall inflation was primarily brought about by the increase in the inflation of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages at 2.1 percent during the month, from 1.5 percent in September 2020,” the PSA said in its latest report. […]
(Eagle News) — The headline inflation in the Philippines eased to 2.4 percent in August, from 2.7 percent in the previous month, bringing the year-to-date inflation for 2020 at 2.5 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Inflation in August last year was lower at 1.7 percent. Malacanang immediately issued a statement saying that the easing of the inflation last month was a “positive development.” -Gradual re-opening of economy leads to decrease in food […]
(Eagle News) – -Inflation accelerated further to 2.7 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday, Aug.5. This brings the year-to-date inflation for 2020 at 2.5 percent. In June, inflation was at 2.5 percent and in July 2019, 2.4 percent. According to the PSA, the acceleration in the overall inflation was caused by the jump in the inflation of the transport index at 6.3 percent during the month with the easing of lockdown […]
