On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR went up at a slower rate of 0.1 percent in April from 0.6 percent in March. This was attributed mainly to the declines in the indexes of electrical materials and miscellaneous construction materials at -1.1 percent and -1.8 percent from their respective last month's rates of 1.0 percent and -1.6 percent. Moreover, a slower price gain was noted in carpentry materials at 0.7 percent from 2.0 percent. Prices of masonry materials and tinsmithry materials remained stable as their group's indexes registered zero growth from 0.2 percent while the rest of the commodity groups posted higher monthly growth rates.

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR went down to -0.3 percent in February from 0.1 percent in January. This was due to the declines in the price indices of the following commodity groups: carpentry materials (-0.4 % from 0.2 %), electrical materials (-0.2% from -10.2 %), painting materials and related compounds (-0.2% from 0.1%) and miscellaneous construction materials (-1.8% from 0.8 %). On the other hand, higher monthly growth rates were observed in the indexes of masonry materials and plumbing materials at 0.4 percent from their respective previous month�s rates of 0.2 percent and -0.2 percent and tinsmithry materials, 1.5 percent from zero growth.

On a monthly basis, the Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in NCR continued to register a negative rate at -0.6 percent in December from -2.2 percent in November. This was due to the declines of plumbing materials and miscellaneous construction materials index at -0.5 percent and -3.5 percent, respectively. On the other hand, higher monthly growth rates were correspondingly observed in electrical and masonry materials index at 0.6 percent and 0.2 percent from their respective previous monthÒ³ rates of -0.6 percent and zero growth. Price increase of carpentry materials remained at 0.1 percent while those for plumbing materials and related compounds and tinsmithry materials remained stable as they posted a zero growth during the month.