Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2007


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: March 2006 - March 2007
         (2000 = 100)

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                                    2 0 0 7    |                          2 0 0 6                         
Area                            Mar   Feb  Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar 
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Philippines                    -0.1  -0.1  0.3   0.1   0.1   0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.5   0.7   0.2   0.1   0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)  -0.1  -0.4  0.2   0.1   0.2   0.3  -0.4   0.1   0.8   1.0   0.2   0.1   0.2

Areas Outside  NCR              0.0   0.0  0.3   0.0   0.1   0.0   0.1r  0.5   0.4   0.6   0.2   0.1   0.4

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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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