Table 1.  Major Sources of Inflation in March 2008  (2000=100)
							PERCENTAGE POINT
	Weights		INFLATION (2000=100)				CONTRIBUTION
			Year-on-Year	Month-on-Month	Year-to-Date		Year-on-Year		Month-on-Month	Year-to-Date
All items	100.00		6.37	0.88	5.58		6.37		0.88	5.58
Food, beverage and tobacco	50.03		8.21	1.20	7.00		4.11		0.60	3.50
Food	46.58		8.43	1.19	7.22		3.93		0.56	3.36
Cereal & Cereal Products	13.28		10.87	3.15	8.53		1.44		0.42	1.13
Cereal	10.24		10.68	3.38	8.41		1.09		0.35	0.86
Rice	9.36		10.86	3.24	8.74		1.02		0.30	0.82
Corn	0.88		8.40	3.96	5.98		0.07		0.03	0.05
Cereal Preparation	3.04		11.33	2.42	9.08		0.34		0.07	0.28
Dairy Products	2.33		12.40	1.50	11.40		0.29		0.04	0.27
Eggs	1.01		8.07	0.50	8.12		0.08		0.01	0.08
Fish	6.39		8.46	0.07	7.79		0.54		0.00	0.50
Fruits & Vegetables	5.30		10.19	-3.35	10.62		0.54		-0.18	0.56
Meat	7.63		7.05	2.37	4.93		0.54		0.18	0.38
Misc. Food	10.64		4.87	1.00	4.14		0.52		0.11	0.44
Beverages	2.25		4.17	0.57	3.65		0.09		0.01	0.08
Tobacco	1.19		3.12	0.30	3.05		0.04		0.00	0.04
Non-food items	49.97		4.70	0.65	4.23		2.35		0.33	2.11
Clothing	3.00		3.62	0.47	3.14		0.11		0.01	0.09
Footwear	0.92		4.77	0.67	4.01		0.04		0.01	0.04
Ready Made Apparel Excl. Footwear	2.03		3.12	0.40	2.63		0.06		0.01	0.05
Custom Clothes	0.06		3.00	0.32	2.60		0.00		0.00	0.00
Housing and Repairs	16.80		3.15	0.36	2.78		0.53		0.06	0.47
Minor Repairs	1.02		4.37	0.79	3.71		0.04		0.01	0.04
Rentals	15.77		3.08	0.29	2.78		0.49		0.05	0.44
Fuel, light and water	6.95		6.19	1.60	5.41		0.43		0.11	0.38
Fuel	2.35		16.62	-0.86	16.83		0.39		-0.02	0.40
Light	3.75		-0.06	4.09	-1.76		0.00		0.15	-0.07
Water	0.85		2.19	0.05	2.57		0.02		0.00	0.02
Services	15.89		6.35	0.52	5.85		1.01		0.08	0.93
Educational	3.83		8.15	0.11	8.02		0.31		0.00	0.31
Medical	2.10		6.13	0.86	5.43		0.13		0.02	0.11
Personal	2.06		4.02	0.84	3.24		0.08		0.02	0.07
Recreational	0.38		2.79	0.16	2.63		0.01		0.00	0.01
Transp. & Communication	7.52		6.12	0.61	5.65		0.46		0.05	0.42
Other Services	0.00		0.51	0.00	0.34		0.00		0.00	0.00
Miscellaneous	7.33		2.38	0.48	2.05		0.17		0.04	0.15
Household Furnishing & Equipment	1.76		2.00	0.34	1.65		0.04		0.01	0.03
Household Operations	1.23		2.97	0.55	2.57		0.04		0.01	0.03
Personal Care & Effects	3.30		3.03	0.54	2.56		0.10		0.02	0.08
Other Miscellaneous Items	1.04		0.08	0.00	0.08		0.00		0.00	0.00
n.b. some figures may not exactly add-up due to rounding
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office, BSP-DER