Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2009


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: March 2008 - March 2009
         (2000 = 100)

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                                    2009     |                          2 0 0 8                      
Area                           Mar  Feb  Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar 
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Philippines                    0.1  0.5  0.3  -0.9  -0.6  -0.4  -0.4   0.3   1.6r  2.3   1.5   2.0   0.9

National Capital Region (NCR) -0.2  0.1  0.5  -1.3  -0.7  -0.3  -0.6   0.1   1.0   1.6   1.1   2.1   1.2

Areas Outside  NCR             0.2  0.7  0.2  -0.8  -0.5  -0.4  -0.3r  0.4   1.8   2.6   1.6r  2.0   0.7

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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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