Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2010


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

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

National Capital Region (NCR) -1.0   1.4   0.7   0.6   0.1    0.6   0.2   1.0   0.2   0.0   0.1   0.6   -0.3 

Areas Outside  NCR             0.1   0.2   0.1   0.4   0.2    0.5   0.7   0.4   0.2   0.2   0.4   0.6    0.1r

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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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