Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, September 2008


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

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                                                       2 0 0 8                     |           2 0 0 7    
Area                          Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep
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Philippines                  11.9  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

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.2   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

Areas Outside  NCR           13.6  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

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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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