Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2005


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: January 2004 - January 2005
         (2000 = 100)

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                              2005 |                                2 0 0 4                               
Area                           Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan 
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Philippines                    0.7   0.7   0.8   0.4   0.6   0.4   1.2   1.7   0.5   0.5   0.3  -0.2r  0.9r

National Capital Region (NCR)  1.1   1.0   1.5   0.5   0.4   0.2   0.6   1.7   0.5   0.7   0.1r -0.3   0.7r

Areas Outside  NCR             0.6   0.6   0.4   0.4   0.7   0.5   1.7   1.5   0.6   0.4   0.4  -0.3r  0.9r

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r - revised

Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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