MONTH-ON-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE ON RPI 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                        0.4     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1     0.5     0.4     0.0     0.0    0.5    0.5

A. Carpentry Materials           0.1     0.3    -0.4     0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.8     0.0     0.0    0.2    0.2
B. Electrical Materials          0.0     0.8     0.4     0.6    -0.4     0.5    -0.1r    0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1    2.1    1.9
C. Masonry Materials             0.5     0.6     0.2     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.4     0.0    -0.1     0.1    0.2    0.9
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds         0.2     0.4     0.3    -0.1     0.4     0.8     0.3    -0.1    -0.4     0.3    -0.4    2.3   -0.2
E. Plumbing Materials            0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.3     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0     0.0     0.2    0.0    0.2
F. Tinsmithry Materials         -0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.6    -0.3     0.9     0.0    -1.2     0.3    -0.1     0.1    0.5    0.2
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     1.6     0.7     0.6     0.5     1.0     1.5    -0.5     2.6     0.6     0.0    -0.3    1.3    0.8
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r - revised

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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