RETAIL PRICE INDEX OF SELECTED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

(1978 = 100)
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                                                  2 0 0 6                |                             2 0 0 7
                                    Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug
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All items                        1134.3  1139.1  1143.6  1144.2  1152.4   1152.8  1157.4  1162.1  1162.0  1165.6  1168.9  1175.1  1173.9

A. Carpentry Materials           1444.5  1454.0  1458.4  1455.3  1457.7   1457.2  1458.9  1463.4  1457.0  1459.4  1460.5  1461.9  1460.5
B. Electrical Materials           946.1   961.1   964.7   973.2   986.9r   987.9   987.5   995.7   999.2  1004.7  1000.4  1005.4  1005.0
C. Masonry Materials             1024.0  1028.0  1031.1  1030.9  1037.8   1039.4  1044.1  1050.1  1052.7  1057.6  1061.4  1066.1  1065.7
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds          884.0   900.1   900.8   903.2   900.8    906.0   907.6   911.3   914.4   913.4   917.2   924.9   927.4
E. Plumbing Materials            1063.9  1061.9  1046.3  1047.5  1047.3   1049.5  1052.1  1052.6  1051.1  1054.6  1054.1  1056.8  1058.9
F. Tinsmithry Materials           753.5   754.3   773.4   778.7   780.8    781.6   778.0   777.4   778.0   782.6   780.1   787.2   787.3
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     1059.4  1056.6  1065.0  1068.4  1098.6   1096.5  1113.5  1121.5  1128.1  1133.4  1145.2  1162.6  1157.1
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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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