Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2005


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

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                                        2 0 0 5           |                      2 0 0 4                       
Area                          May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May 
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Philippines                   8.5   8.5   8.5   8.5   8.4   6.0   8.6   8.2   7.7   7.2   6.8   6.6   5.4   4.5 

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.6   8.9   8.7   8.8   8.9   5.8   8.4   7.9   6.8   6.5   6.2   6.4   5.4r  4.8r

Areas Outside  NCR            8.3   8.4   8.3   8.4r  8.3   6.1   8.6   8.2   8.1   7.6   7.1   6.7   5.4   4.5 

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r - revised

Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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