Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2006


Table 4. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: May 2005 - May 2006
         (2000 = 100)

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                                        2 0 0 6           |                       2 0 0 5                
Area                          May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May
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Philippines                   6.9   7.1   7.6   7.6   6.7   7.6   6.7r  7.1   7.0   7.0   7.2   7.1   7.6   8.5

National Capital Region (NCR) 7.9   8.0   8.7   8.5   7.4r  8.6   7.5r  8.0   8.9   8.8   9.0   8.9   8.4   8.6

Areas Outside  NCR            6.4   6.8   7.2   7.1   6.5r  7.2   6.4   6.8   6.2   6.2   6.4   6.3   7.3   8.3

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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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