Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2004


Table 3. Month-on-Month Changes of the CPI in Percent, by Area: December 2003 - December 2004
         (1994=100)

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                                                              2 0 0 4                                 |2003
Area                           Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  | Dec 
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Philippines                    0.6   0.6   0.3   0.6   0.5   1.1   1.5   0.5   0.5   0.4r  0.2   0.8    0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)  1.3   1.3   0.4   0.4   0.2   0.4   1.7   0.4   0.6   0.1r  0.2   0.7    0.6r

Areas Outside  NCR             0.4   0.3   0.4   0.7   0.6   1.3   1.5   0.5   0.3   0.6   0.2r  0.9    0.2 

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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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