Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2005


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

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                                                      2 0 0 5                     |             2 0 0 4      
Area                           Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug
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Philippines                    0.5    0.9    0.9    0.5    0.6    0.3   0.2   0.7   0.7    0.8    0.4    0.6    0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)  0.2    1.1    1.5    0.3    0.8    0.1   0.2   1.1   1.0    1.5    0.5    0.4    0.2

Areas Outside  NCR             0.5    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.5    0.3r  0.4r  0.6   0.6    0.4    0.4    0.7    0.5

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r - revised

Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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