Year-on-Year 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
                                    Oct     Nov     Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct
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All items                           4.8     3.9     4.4      4.4     4.2     4.5     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.0     3.5     3.5     3.6

A. Carpentry Materials              4.4     2.2     2.3      2.6     2.6     2.5     2.1     2.2     2.2     0.9     1.1     0.4     0.8
B. Electrical Materials            15.1    15.4    16.5r    14.5    13.5    13.5    13.0    10.7     8.8     8.2     6.2     4.9     4.8
C. Masonry Materials                5.7     5.3     5.7      4.8     4.6     4.4     4.4     4.7     4.9     4.4     4.1     4.0     3.8
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds           10.7    10.2     9.7      9.4     9.2     9.1     9.2     8.7     8.9     9.4     4.9     3.0     2.5
E. Plumbing Materials              -0.5    -0.4    -0.5     -1.0    -0.9    -0.9    -1.1    -0.9    -1.1    -1.1    -0.5     0.1     1.5
F. Tinsmithry Materials             4.1     4.6     3.8      3.9     3.5     3.3     3.3     4.8     4.5     5.1     4.5     3.1     0.9
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                        4.4     4.7     7.5      8.3     7.8     9.7     9.0     8.9     9.3    10.7     9.2    12.4    12.2

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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

Page last updated:  November 20, 2007

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