Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2009


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

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                                                                 2 0 0 9                             |2008
Area                           Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec
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Philippines                    0.6   0.6   0.6   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.6  -0.1   0.5   0.1   0.5   0.3  -0.9

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

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

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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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