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
                                 Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec |  Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr
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All items                        0.0     0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1     0.5     0.4     0.0     0.0    0.5     0.5     2.5     1.5

A. Carpentry Materials          -0.4     0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.8     0.0     0.0    0.2     0.2     0.3     1.1
B. Electrical Materials          0.4     0.6    -0.4     0.5    -0.1r    0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1    2.1     1.9     0.1     1.6
C. Masonry Materials             0.2     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.4     0.0    -0.1     0.1    0.2     0.9     0.8     2.1
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds         0.3    -0.1     0.4     0.8     0.3    -0.1    -0.4     0.3    -0.4    2.3    -0.2     0.2     1.1
E. Plumbing Materials           -0.1     0.3     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0     0.0     0.2    0.0     0.2     0.2     0.4
F. Tinsmithry Materials          0.1     0.6    -0.3     0.9     0.0    -1.2     0.3    -0.1     0.1    0.5     0.2     0.0     0.3
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     0.6     0.5     1.0     1.5    -0.5     2.6     0.6     0.0    -0.3    1.3     0.8    11.7     2.3
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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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