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ABS-CBN's Edson Guido bags 'Best Statistical Reporting in TV Broadcast Media' award

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 11:38 AM

ABS-CBN Data Analytics Head Edson Guido on Monday bagged another award from the Philippine Statistics Authority in the National Statistics Month Media Awards or NSMMA. Read more »

PH recession ends with growth spike, but full recovery far off

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 04:50 PM

Economic growth in the Philippines spiked to 11.8 percent in the second quarter of 2021, in spite of a return to tighter quarantine restrictions amid the worst spike in COVID-19 cases yet in the country. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Inflation eases in July but not for poor

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 12:50 PM

Inflation for the bottom 30 percent income households accelerated to 4.4 percent in July because of higher food prices. Read more »

Dissecting Data: 360,000 Filipinos find jobs in June; 30,000 join jobless ranks

Warren de Guzman, Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 08:04 PM

June labor data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed more Filipinos braved the job market, with 390,000 more Filipinos boosting the Labor Force Participation rate to 65 percent for the month. Read more »

Inflation falls to lowest yet in 2021; upward pressures remain from meat, fish, fuel

Warren De Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 12:58 PM

Philippine inflation slowed to 4.1 percent in June.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Quarantine, more job hunters push unemployment higher in NCR

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 01:43 PM

Philippine unemployment hit 8.7 percent in April, the same as January’s unemployment rate, and much better than the record high of 17.6 percent in April 2020. Read more »

PSA: No downtrend yet as inflation still over 4 percent for 5 straight months

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 05:17 PM

For three straight months Philippine headline inflation has remained steady at 4.5 percent.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Is PH vaccination rate fast enough to safely ease quarantine?

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 07:58 PM

The Philippine government is easing movement restrictions further to help power an economic recovery, but the Philippines’ COVID-19 positivity rate remains well above prescribed levels for easing quarantine conditions, and the vaccination program is only beginning to ramp up. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Economy sheds over P2 trillion in 15 months as quarantines bite

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 03:10 PM

What do 5 straight quarters of economic decline mean in real terms?   Read more »

Dissecting Data: The road to 1 million COVID-19 cases in the Philippines

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 09:22 PM

The Philippines has seen a lot of grim milestones this year in its struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Surging pork prices push inflation to 2-year high; NCR, poor among worst hit

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 11:39 PM

Philippine inflation hit a two-year high in January, at 4.2 percent, starting 2021 on a sour note for the economy. Read more »

Dissecting Data: What January tells us about the pandemic in the Philippines

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 05:57 PM

There were so many potential COVID-19 superspreader events during the holiday season of 2020 and early January, that many feared cases of the dreaded viral disease would spike to start the new year.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Spikes in food, transpo costs push inflation to 22-month high

Bruce Rodriguez, Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 06:13 PM

Philippine inflation has now quickened for three straight months since October 2020, settling at its highest level since the 3.8 percent rate seen in February 2019.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: Looking back at the Philippine economy in 2020

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 06:35 PM

2020 was a record year, a year like no other, for all the wrong reasons.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: How COVID-19 vaccine access is revealing truth about global pecking order

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 04:07 PM

The Philippines will only get access to COVID-19 vaccines by the second quarter of 2021, or mid 2022, depending on who you are asking. The government isn’t to blame. At least not the Philippine government. The governments of developed countries however are a different story. Based on the latest data, some rich nations have bought up enough doses to cover their entire population 5 times.    Read more »

Dissecting Data: Metro Manila Traffic can actually get worse than pre-pandemic levels

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 05:55 AM

If you think Metro Manila traffic is bad now, wait till you see this. Read more »

Dissecting Data: How storms compromised food supply leading to 21-month high inflation

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 01:44 PM

Philippine inflation overshot expectations in November, hitting 3.3 percent for the month, above the Philippine Central Bank’s forecast range of 2.4 to 3.2 percent. Not only that, it was the highest inflation rate for the Philippines since February 2019, a 21-month high.  Read more »

Dissecting Data: PH jobless data see 'worst' year as virus wipes out 2019 gains

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 12:04 PM

The Philippine unemployment averaged 10.4 percent in 2020, the worst year of joblessness on record based on data going back to 2005.    Read more »

Dissecting Data: NCR may be winning vs COVID-19, but 2 other regions need help

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 03:27 PM

The latest data from the month of November provide a promising picture, but there are still some warning bells ringing. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Pork speeds up Oct inflation, storms' impact to be seen in Nov

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 03:28 PM

The Philippine Statistics Authority says the main contributors to the acceleration were higher prices of food, certain services, and education.  Read more »