Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2009


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

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                                         2 0 0 9           |                    2 0 0 8                   
Area                           May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May  
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Philippines                   -0.1   0.5   0.1   0.5   0.3  -0.9  -0.6  -0.4  -0.4   0.3   1.6r  2.3   1.5 

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

Areas Outside  NCR             0.1   0.2   0.2   0.7   0.2  -0.8  -0.5  -0.4  -0.3r  0.4   1.8   2.6   1.6r

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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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