The month-on-month growth rate of the retail prices of selected construction materials in NCR went up at a slower pace of 0.1 percent in October from 0.3 percent in September. This was due to the decreases in the indexes of masonry materials at -0.1 percent in October from 0.2 percent in September; tinsmithry materials, -0.4 percent from 0.4 percent; and miscellaneous construction materials, -0.3 percent from 2.8 percent. On the other hand, higher monthly growth rates were seen in the indexes of carpentry materials at 0.4 percent from -0.7 percent; electrical materials, 1.1 percent from 0.9 percent; and painting materials and related compounds and plumbing materials, 0.1 percent from their respective previous month's rates of zero growth and -0.2 percent.