Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2007


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

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                                                   2 0 0 7                   |          2 0 0 6       
Area                            Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb  Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug
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Philippines                     0.1   0.8   0.6   0.3   0.2  -0.1  -0.1  0.3   0.1   0.1   0.1  -0.1   0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)   1.0   1.5   0.8   0.3   0.1  -0.1  -0.4  0.2   0.1   0.2   0.3  -0.4   0.1

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