Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Table, January 2005


Table 15. Headline and Core Inflation Rates in the Philippines
          January 2004 - January 2005
          (2000 = 100)

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                    2005 |                                   2 0 0 4                                   
                     Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan 
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Headline Inflation   8.4   6.0   8.6   8.2   7.7   7.2   6.8   6.6   5.4   4.5   4.3r  4.2   4.0   4.1r


Core Inflation       7.9   5.7   7.8   7.6   6.9   6.6   6.4   6.2   5.3r  4.7r  4.3r  4.3r  4.1r  4.1r

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

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