Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2005


Table 4. Year-on-Year 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 | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug
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Philippines                   7.2   7.1   7.6   8.5   8.5   8.5   8.5   8.4   6.0   8.6   8.2   7.7   7.2   6.8

National Capital Region (NCR) 9.0   8.9   8.4   8.6   8.9   8.7   8.8   8.9   5.8   8.4   7.9   6.8   6.5   6.2

Areas Outside  NCR            6.4   6.3   7.3   8.3   8.4   8.3   8.4r  8.3   6.1   8.6   8.2   8.1   7.6   7.1

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r - revised

Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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