Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2010


Table 4. Year-on-Year 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 | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May
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Philippines                   4.3   4.4   4.4   4.2   4.3   3.2   4.3r  2.8   1.6    0.6r  0.1r  0.2   1.5  3.3

National Capital Region (NCR) 4.6   5.3   5.0   4.0r  3.5r  1.6   3.8r  1.9r  1.0r  -0.3  -1.1  -1.1r -0.2r 0.8

Areas Outside  NCR            4.2   4.1   4.1   4.2r  4.6   3.9   4.5   3.1   1.9    1.1   0.6   0.7   2.2  4.2

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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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