Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, October 2008


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

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                                                        2 0 0 8                          |        2 0 0 7
Area                          Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct
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Philippines                  11.2  11.8r 12.4r 12.3r 11.4   9.5r  8.3   6.4   5.4   4.9    2.8   3.9   3.2   2.7

National Capital Region (NCR) 8.0   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

Areas Outside  NCR           12.6  13.5r 14.2  13.9  12.3  10.1r  8.7   6.8   6.0   5.3    2.8   4.2   3.5r  2.8

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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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