Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, April 2006


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

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                                      2 0 0 6     |                      2 0 0 5                    
Area                           Apr  Mar  Feb  Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr
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Philippines                    0.1  0.4  1.0  0.7   0.4r  0.8   0.5   0.4   0.5   0.9   0.9   0.5   0.6

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

Areas Outside  NCR             0.1  0.4  1.0  0.7r  0.2   0.9   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.5

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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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