Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2005


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, January 2004 - January 2005
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                 2005 |                                           2 0 0 4                                        
  Commodity Group     Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     120.9   116.3  120.1  118.9  118.8  118.6  118.0  117.4  116.0  114.8  114.0  113.2  112.6  112.6 	
  Food              121.1   116.3  120.2  119.0  119.0  118.8  118.1  117.5  116.1  114.8  114.0  113.1  112.5  112.5 	 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     119.0   115.3  119.4  116.3  116.8  116.5  116.5  116.3  115.5  114.9  113.8  112.9  112.4  112.4 	
  Food              119.2   115.4  119.7  116.4  117.0  116.6  116.7  116.4  115.6  115.0  113.9  112.9  112.4  112.5 

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     121.5   116.5  120.3  119.7  119.5  119.3  118.5  117.7  116.1  114.8  114.0  113.3  112.6  112.6 	
  Food              121.7   116.6  120.4  119.8  119.7  119.5  118.6  117.9  116.2  114.8  114.0  113.2  112.5  112.5 	

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

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