Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2010


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: March 2009 - March 2010
         (2000 = 100)

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                                   2 0  1 0     |                                2 0 0 9                         
Area                           Mar   Feb   Jan  | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb
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Philippines                    0.2   0.4   0.2    0.6   0.6   0.6   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.6  -0.1   0.5   0.1  -0.5

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

Areas Outside  NCR             0.0   0.4   0.3    0.5   0.7   0.4   0.2   0.2   0.4   0.6   0.1r  0.2   0.2  -0.7

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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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