Philippine Statistics Authority-Cordillera Administrative Region

The headline Inflation rate in Kalinga continued to uptrend as it moved further to 11.4 percent in January 2023, from 9.7 percent in December 2022. In January 2022, inflation rate was observed at 3.0 percent. Read more about SPECIAL RELEASE: JANUARY 2023 INFLATION REPORT OF KALINGA (BASE YEAR:2018)

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) visited the City of Baguio’s Smart City Command Center at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center last 02 February.2023. Engr. Felipe Puzon facilitated the orientation on the Smart City Command Center. The command center uses state-of-the-art Cisco technology that will revolutionize how the city manages its critical assets, increase capacity to prevent and respond to emergencies and disasters, preserve the environment, speed up government services, improve social and health systems and protect lives and properties. Read more about Press Release: Engr. Puzon Orients PSA on Smart City Initiative of Baguio City

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Deputy National Statistician (DNS) Minerva Eloisa P. Esquivias of the Censuses and Technical Coordination Office (CTCO), Assistant National Statistician (ANS) Kristine Joy S. Briones of the Community-Based Statistics Service (CBSS), together with Atty. Eliezer P. Ambatali of the Legal Service and staff from PSA central office, PSA Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and PSA Benguet had a courtesy call with Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) at the Baguio City Mayor’s Office last 02 February 2023. Read more about Press Release: PSA officials meet Baguio City Mayor on CBMS

The Palay Production Survey (PPS) is one of the major agricultural surveys conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This generates estimates on palay production, area, yield, and other production-related data that serve as inputs for policy making and programs on palay/rice. Read more about Special Release: 2022 Palay Production in the Cordillera

The CPI is most widely used to calculate inflation rate and the purchasing power of peso. It is a major statistical series used for economic analysis and as monitoring indicator of government economic policy. It is also used to adjust other economic series for price changes. For example, CPI components are used as deflators for most personal consumption expenditures (PCE) in the calculation in the Gross National Product (GNP). Another major importance of the CPI is its use as basis to adjust wages in labor management contracts as well as pensions and retirement benefits. Increases in wages through collective bargaining agreements used the CPI as one of their bases. Read more about Special Release on January 2023 Price Situation in the Province of Ifugao (Base Year: 2018)