The month-on-month growth rate in prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower rate of 1.5 percent in April from 2.5 percent in March. The monthly price increase in the miscellaneous construction materials index slowed down to 2.3 percent in April from 11.7 percent in March. On the other hand, monthly growth rates in the indices of carpentry materials and painting materials and related compounds were correspondingly higher at 1.1 percent in April from their respective last monthÒ³ rates of 0.3 percent and 0.2 percent in March; electrical materials index, 1.6 percent from 0.1 percent; masonry materials index, 2.1 percent from 0.8 percent; plumbing materials index, 0.4 percent from 0.2 percent; and tinsmithry materials index, 0.3 percent from zero growth.