Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Table, February 2006


Table 15. Headline and Core Inflation Rates in the Philippines
          February 2005 - February 2006
          (2000 = 100)

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                        2006   |                             2 0 0 5                            
                     Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb
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Headline Inflation   7.6   6.7   7.6   6.7r  7.1   7.0   7.0   7.2   7.1   7.6   8.5   8.5   8.5   8.5


Core Inflation       6.3   5.7r  7.0   5.9r  6.1   6.3   6.5   6.6   6.8   7.1   7.6   7.8   8.0   8.1

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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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