Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2009


Table 4. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: January 2008 - January 2009
         (2000 = 100)

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                             2009  |                                  2 0 0 8                            
Area                          Jan  | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan
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Philippines                   7.1    9.3   8.0   9.9  11.2  11.8r 12.4r 12.3r 11.4   9.5r  8.3   6.4   5.4   4.9

National Capital Region (NCR) 4.3    6.9   4.5   6.8   8.0   8.2   8.7   8.6   9.2   8.3   7.4   5.4   4.1   3.9

Areas Outside  NCR            8.3   10.4   9.6  11.2  12.6  13.5r 14.2  13.9  12.3  10.1r  8.7   6.8   6.0   5.3

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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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