Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Table, May 2009

	      
	      Table 14. Monthly Headline and Core Consumer Price Index for All Income Households in the Philippines,
	                May 2008 - May 2009
	                (2000 = 100)

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	                                         2 0 0 9             |                           2 0 0 8
	                             May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan |  Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May
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	      Headline Inflation   158.8  158.9  158.1  158.0  157.2  155.0  156.7  158.2  159.1  159.7r 160.4  159.9r 157.4  153.8r


	      Core Inflation       155.5  155.6  154.8  154.6  154.3  149.9  153.4  153.4  152.9  152.5  152.0  151.0  150.3  149.0
	      
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	      Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
	               Industry and Trade Statistics Department
	               National Statistics Office
	               Republic of the Philippines

	      Page last updated:  June 5, 2009