Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2008


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

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                                                    2 0 0 8                  |                 2 0 0 7          
Area                          Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug
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Philippines                  12.5  12.3r 11.4   9.5r  8.3   6.4   5.4   4.9    2.8   3.9   3.2   2.7   2.7   2.4

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.7   8.6   9.2   8.3   7.4   5.4   4.1   3.9    2.6   3.5   2.6   2.4   2.8   2.6

Areas Outside  NCR           14.2  13.9  12.3  10.1r  8.7   6.8   6.0   5.3    2.8   4.2   3.5r  2.8   2.5   2.2

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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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