Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2007


Table 4. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: December 2006 - December 2007
         (2000 = 100)

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                                                                2 0 0 7                                    |   2006
Area                          Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Ave   Dec
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Philippines                   2.8   3.9   3.2   2.7   2.7   2.4   2.6   2.3   2.4   2.3   2.2   2.6   3.9    6.2   4.3

National Capital Region (NCR) 2.6   3.5   2.6   2.4   2.8   2.6   2.7   1.9   2.1   2.1   2.1   2.4   4.0    7.0   4.9

Areas Outside  NCR            2.8   4.2   3.5r  2.9   2.5   2.2   2.5r  2.6   2.5   2.4   2.3   2.7   3.7    6.0   4.1

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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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