NSCB Renews Clearance of the Producer Price Survey
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) renewed the clearance of the Producer Price Survey on January 24, 2013 under its Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS). The survey is...
View ArticleShould We Feel Secure or Insecure During the Impending Elections?
Two weeks ago, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) released a Beyond the Numbers article on some interesting statistics related to our celebration of Valentine’s Day2, which caught a lot...
View ArticleLeading Economic Indicator (LEI) slightly inches up in the first quarter of 2013
The composite leading economic indicator (LEI) slightly inched up in Q1 2013 posting a negative 0.008 from a revised negative 0.013 in the fourth quarter of 2012. After four consecutive quarters of...
View ArticleTotal Gross Revenue Index of Industries Accelerated to 8.7 percent in Q3 2012
Total Gross Revenue Index of industries accelerated to 8.7 percent in the third quarter of 2012 from the previous year’s growth of 7.5 percent. Real Estate continued to post the fastest growth at 20.1...
View ArticleCCT...Pantawid nga ba sa kahirapan?
Two weeks ago, we wrote about crime statistics and pointed out that income inequality is far more correlated with crime statistics than income poverty or economic growth. This suggests why discussion...
View ArticleNSCB Issues Updates on Women and Men in the Philippines
In support of this year’s celebration of Women’s Month, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) has issued a fact sheet focusing on the latest statistical updates on women and men in the...
View ArticleNSCB Renews Clearance of the Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and...
The QSPBI is a nationwide survey regularly conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) to provide quarterly data on employment, gross revenue/sales, and compensation. Information and data...
View ArticleGender equality in the Philippine.. what’s the real score?
This March, the nation celebrates the 2013 Women’s Month with the theme "Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan." The month long celebration is spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on...
View ArticleNSCB Conducts Training Workshop on the System of Environmental Economic...
Twenty officials from the National Statistics Bureau (NSB) of the Kingdom of Bhutan are now in the Philippines for a five-day Training Workshop on the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA)...
View ArticleHow Important is Agriculture in the Economy?
Agriculture is a crucial sector for reducing poverty and attaining the Millenuim Development Goals (MDG’s), which includes halving the proportion of people in extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 (from...
View ArticlePress Conference on the 2012 First Semester Philippine Provincial Poverty...
The National Statistical Coordination Board announces the holding of a Press Conference on the 2012 First Semester Philippine Provincial Poverty Estimates on April 23, 2013 (Tuesday) at 9:30 a.m. at...
View ArticleGender equality in the Philippine.. what’s the real score?
This March, the nation celebrates the 2013 Women’s Month with the theme "Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan." The month long celebration is spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on...
View Article2012 Approved Foreign Investments Posts Highest Level Since 1996
Total approved foreign investments (FI) for 2012 surpassed the previous year’s record level of PhP 258.2 billion, up by 12.0 percent reaching PhP 289.1 billion worth of investment pledges. Likewise,...
View ArticleNSCB Still Accepting Abstracts for the 12th National Convention on Statistics
To accommodate abstract submissions after the initial deadline set, 31 March 2013, the deadline is extended until 15 April 2013. Authors of accepted papers will be notified on 15 May 2013. Final...
View ArticleNSCB Renews Clearance of the Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey
Republic Act No. 9485, also known as the "Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007", mandates all government agencies to set up their respective service standards, called the Citizen’s Charter. These standards are to...
View ArticlePoverty incidence unchanged, as of first semester 2012-NSCB
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) releases its latest report today on the state of poverty in the country. The report- using data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)...
View ArticleLeading Economic Indicator (LEI) inches up in the second quarter of 2013
The composite leading economic indicator (LEI) slightly inched up in the second quarter of 2013, posting negative 0.013 from revised negative 0.075 in the first quarter of 2013. The composite index...
View ArticleAre We Making it Easier for Our Teachers?
Since the release of the 2012 1st semester poverty statistics, including back estimates for the 1st half of 2006 and 2009, last Tuesday, 23 April 2013, we, the NSCB Technical Staff, have been all over...
View ArticleNSCB Central Office to adopt four-day work week schedule beginning May 20
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) announces its transition to a four-day work week schedule. This new work scheme takes effect on May 20, 2013. With this change in schedule, the public...
View ArticleAdvisory
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) website and e-mail services will be temporarily out of service on 19 May 2013 starting from 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. due to power interruption. For...
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