Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, February 2009


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

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                                 2009   |                             2 0 0 8                            
Area                          Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb
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Philippines                   7.3   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

National Capital Region (NCR) 4.7   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

Areas Outside  NCR            8.4   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

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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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