Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, July 2008


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: July 2007 - July 2008
         (2000 = 100)

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                                               2 0 0 8                 |              2 0 0 7          
Area                           Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul 
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Philippines                    1.5   2.3   1.5   2.0   0.9   0.3   1.2   0.8   0.6   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.8

National Capital Region (NCR)  1.0   1.6   1.1   2.1   1.2  -0.3   0.6   1.0   0.4  -0.1  -0.2   0.0   1.5

Areas Outside  NCR             1.8   2.6   1.6r  2.0   0.7   0.6   1.4   0.7   0.8r  0.4   0.3   0.2   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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