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 7                                |            2 0 0 8
                                   Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec  |  Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr
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All items                          4.1     4.3     4.3     4.0     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.5     2.7     3.3     3.3     5.5     7.1

A. Carpentry Materials             2.1     2.2     2.2     0.9     1.1     0.4     0.8     1.0     0.9     1.1     1.2     1.2     2.8
B. Electrical Materials           13.0    10.7     8.8     8.2     6.2     4.9     4.8     4.4     2.9     4.9     6.9     6.1     7.5
C. Masonry Materials               4.4     4.7     4.9     4.4     4.1     4.0     3.8     3.7     3.1     3.1     3.6     3.8     5.8
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds           9.2     8.7     8.9     9.4     4.9     3.0     2.5     2.5     2.4     4.2     3.7     3.5     4.3
E. Plumbing Materials             -1.1    -0.9    -1.1    -1.1    -0.5     0.1     1.5     1.4     1.6     1.4     1.4     1.5     2.1
F. Tinsmithry Materials            3.3     4.8     4.5     5.1     4.5     3.1     0.9     0.1     0.0     0.3     1.0     1.1     1.3
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                       9.0     8.9     9.3    10.7     9.2    12.4    12.2    11.8     8.4    10.0     9.1    21.0    23.1
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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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