Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2006


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: March 2005 - March 2006
         (2000 = 100)

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                                   2 0 0 6   |                         2 0 0 5                          
Area                           Mar  Feb  Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar  
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Philippines                    0.4  1.0  0.7   0.4r  0.8   0.5   0.4   0.5   0.9   0.9   0.5   0.6   0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)  0.2  1.2  1.0r  0.6r  0.7   0.6   0.2   0.2   1.1   1.5   0.3   0.8   0.1 

Areas Outside  NCR             0.4  1.0  0.7r  0.2   0.9   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.5   0.3r

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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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