Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, October 2006


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

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                                                         2 0 0 6                         |    2 0 0 5 
Area                           Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct
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Philippines                    0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.5   0.7   0.2   0.1   0.4   1.0   0.7   0.4r  0.8   0.5

National Capital Region (NCR)  0.3  -0.4   0.1   0.8   1.0   0.2   0.1   0.2   1.2   1.0r  0.6r  0.7   0.6

Areas Outside  NCR             0.0   0.1r  0.5   0.4   0.6   0.2   0.1   0.4   1.0   0.7r  0.2   0.9   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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