MONTH-ON-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE ON RPI OF SELECTED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
(1978 = 100)

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                                2 0 0 6|                                             2 0 0 7
                                  Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec
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All items                         0.7      0.0     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1     0.5     0.4     0.0     0.0

A. Carpentry materials            0.2      0.0     0.1     0.3    -0.4     0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.8     0.0     0.0
B. Electrical materials           1.4r     0.1r    0.0     0.8     0.4     0.6    -0.4     0.5    -0.1r    0.3     0.3     0.5    -0.1
C. Masonry materials              0.7      0.2     0.5     0.6     0.2     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.0     0.4     0.0    -0.1     0.1
D. Painting materials
   and related compounds         -0.3      0.6     0.2     0.4     0.3    -0.1     0.4     0.8     0.3    -0.1    -0.4     0.3    -0.4
E. Plumbing materials             0.0      0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.3     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0     0.0     0.2
F. Tinsmithry materials           0.3      0.1    -0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.6    -0.3     0.9     0.0    -1.2     0.3    -0.1     0.1
G. Miscellaneous construction
   materials                      2.8     -0.2     1.6     0.7     0.6     0.5     1.0     1.5    -0.5     2.6     0.6     0.0    -0.3

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r - revised

Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division, Prices and Indicators Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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