Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2005


Table 4. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: March 2004 - March 2005
         (2000 = 100)

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                                   2005       |                            2 0 0 4                            
Area                          Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar 
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Philippines                   8.5   8.5   8.4   6.0   8.6   8.2   7.7   7.2   6.8   6.6   5.4   4.5   4.3r  4.2 

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.7   8.8   8.9   5.8   8.4   7.9   6.8   6.5   6.2   6.4   5.4r  4.8r  4.5r  3.7r

Areas Outside  NCR            8.3   8.3   8.3   6.1   8.6   8.2   8.1   7.6   7.1   6.7   5.4   4.5   4.1   4.3r

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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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