Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Table, May 2006


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

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                               2 0 0 6           |                    2 0 0 5                    
                     May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May
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Headline Inflation   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


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

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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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