Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2008


Table 4. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: May 2007 - May 2008
         (2000 = 100)

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                                        2 0 0 8            |                       2 0 0 7                  
Area                          May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May
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Philippines                   9.6   8.3   6.4   5.4   4.9    2.8   3.9   3.2   2.7   2.7   2.4   2.6   2.3   2.4

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.3   7.4   5.4   4.1   3.9    2.6   3.5   2.6   2.4   2.8   2.6   2.7   1.9   2.1

Areas Outside  NCR           10.2   8.7   6.8   6.0   5.3    2.8   4.2   3.5r  2.8   2.5   2.2   2.5r  2.6   2.5

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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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