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Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI)

The Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI) is a nationwide quarterly survey which aims to provide quarterly data on employment, compensation and revenue/sales for each of the identified leading (key) industry groups (3-digit PSIC code) and selected groups of industries (2/4/5-digit PSIC code) of the amended 1994 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC).

Moreover, value of production, inventories and capacity utilization are also collected for Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply, Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities sector.

The survey is one of the main sources of data in the compilation of the Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and in the construction of the Quarterly Economic Indicators (QEI). The Macroeconomics Accounts Service (MAS), of the PSA, is the main user of the QSPBI data. Also, the quarterly total retail trade (G47) revenue data from the QSPBI will be utilized by the Department of Economic Statistics of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for monetary policy review.