Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2009


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

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                                                                    2 0 0 9                                |    2008
Area                           Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec
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Philippines                    3.2   4.4   2.8   1.6   0.7   0.1   0.2   1.5   3.3   4.8   6.4   7.3   7.1   9.3   8.0

National Capital Region (NCR)  1.6   4.0   2.0   1.1  -0.3  -1.1  -1.0  -0.1   0.8   2.2   3.2   4.7   4.3   6.9   4.5

Areas Outside  NCR             3.9   4.5   3.1   1.9   1.1   0.6   0.7   2.2   4.2   5.8   7.8   8.4   8.3  10.4   9.6

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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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