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

A. Carpentry Materials            -0.2     0.2      0.0     0.1     0.3    -0.4     0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.8     0.0
B. Electrical Materials            0.9     1.4r     0.1r    0.0     0.8     0.4     0.6    -0.4     0.5    -0.1r    0.3     0.3     0.5
C. Masonry Materials               0.0     0.7      0.2     0.5     0.6     0.2     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.4     0.0    -0.1
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds           0.3    -0.3      0.6     0.2     0.4     0.3    -0.1     0.4     0.8     0.3    -0.1    -0.4     0.3
E. Plumbing Materials              0.1     0.0      0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.3     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0     0.0
F. Tinsmithry Materials            0.7     0.3      0.1    -0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.6    -0.3     0.9     0.0    -1.2     0.3    -0.1
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                       0.3     2.8     -0.2     1.6     0.7     0.6     0.5     1.0     1.5    -0.5     2.6     0.6     0.0
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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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