RETAIL PRICE INDEX OF SELECTED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
(1978 = 100)

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                                                                      2 0 0 7                                           |     2 0 0 8
                                    Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec |   Jan     Feb
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All items                        1157.4  1162.1  1162.0  1165.6  1168.9  1175.1  1173.9  1179.3  1184.5  1184.3  1184.0  1190.3  1195.8

A. Carpentry Materials           1458.9  1463.4  1457.0  1459.4  1460.5  1461.9  1460.5  1459.2  1470.3  1469.8  1470.5  1473.3  1476.5
B. Electrical Materials           987.5   995.7   999.2  1004.7  1000.4  1005.4  1004.8r 1008.3  1011.0  1016.2  1015.2  1036.3  1055.6
C. Masonry Materials             1044.1  1050.1  1052.7  1057.6  1061.4  1066.1  1065.7  1069.6  1070.1  1068.8  1069.9  1071.6  1081.6
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds          907.6   911.3   914.4   913.4   917.2   924.9   927.4   926.9   922.9   926.0   922.6   943.9   941.6
E. Plumbing Materials            1052.1  1052.6  1051.1  1054.6  1054.1  1056.8  1058.9  1062.6  1062.5  1062.5  1064.5  1064.4  1066.6
F. Tinsmithry Materials           778.0   777.4   778.0   782.6   780.1   787.2   787.3   777.9   780.1   779.7   780.6   784.3   785.9
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     1113.5  1121.5  1128.1  1133.4  1145.2  1162.6  1157.1  1187.4  1195.1  1194.8  1190.7  1205.7  1214.8
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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division, Prices and Indicators Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines


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