Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2010


Table 4. Year-on-Year 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 | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar
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Philippines                   4.4   4.2   4.3   3.2   4.4   2.8   1.6   0.7   0.1r  0.2   1.5   3.3   4.8   6.4

National Capital Region (NCR) 5.0   4.1   3.6   1.6   4.0   2.0   1.1  -0.3  -1.1  -1.0  -0.1   0.8   2.2   3.2

Areas Outside  NCR            4.1   4.3   4.6   3.9   4.5   3.1   1.9   1.1   0.6   0.7   2.2   4.2   5.8   7.8

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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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