Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, October 2009


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

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                                                        2 0 0 9                          |     2 0 0 8 
Area                           Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct 
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Philippines                    0.6   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.6  -0.1   0.5   0.1   0.5   0.3  -0.9  -0.6  -0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)  1.0   0.2   0.0   0.1   0.6  -0.3   1.1  -0.2   0.1   0.5  -1.3  -0.7  -0.3

Areas Outside  NCR             0.4   0.2   0.2   0.4   0.6   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.7   0.2  -0.8  -0.5  -0.4

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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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