Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2009


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

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                                                   2 0 0 9                   |              2 0 0 8           
Area                           Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug  
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Philippines                    0.1   0.2   1.5   3.3   4.8   6.4   7.3   7.1   9.3   8.0   9.9  11.2  11.8r 12.4r

National Capital Region (NCR) -1.1  -1.0  -0.1   0.8   2.2   3.2   4.7   4.3   6.9   4.5   6.8   8.0   8.2   8.7  

Areas Outside  NCR             0.6   0.7   2.2   4.2   5.8   7.8   8.4   8.3  10.4   9.6  11.2  12.6  13.5r 14.2 

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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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