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 6                |                             2 0 0 7
                                    Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug
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All items                           0.3     0.4     0.4     0.1     0.7      0.0     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1

A. Carpentry Materials             -0.3     0.7     0.3    -0.2     0.2      0.0     0.1     0.3    -0.4     0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1
B. Electrical Materials             1.8     1.6     0.4     0.9     1.4r     0.1r    0.0     0.8     0.4     0.6    -0.4     0.5     0.0
C. Masonry Materials                0.3     0.4     0.3     0.0     0.7      0.2     0.5     0.6     0.2     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.0
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds            4.6     1.8     0.1     0.3    -0.3      0.6     0.2     0.4     0.3    -0.1     0.4     0.8     0.3
E. Plumbing Materials              -0.4    -0.2    -1.5     0.1     0.0      0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.3     0.0     0.3     0.2
F. Tinsmithry Materials             0.6     0.1     2.5     0.7     0.3      0.1    -0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.6    -0.3     0.9     0.0
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                        0.8    -0.3     0.8     0.3     2.8     -0.2     1.6     0.7     0.6     0.5     1.0     1.5    -0.5
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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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