Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2005


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    121.4   121.2   120.9   116.3  120.1  118.9  118.8  118.6  118.0  117.4  116.0  114.8  114.0  113.2
  Food             121.5   121.3   121.1   116.3  120.2  119.0  119.0  118.8  118.1  117.5  116.1  114.8  114.0  113.1 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    118.7   118.5   119.0   115.3  119.4  116.3  116.8  116.5  116.5  116.3  115.5  114.9  113.8  112.9
  Food             118.8   118.6   119.2   115.4  119.7  116.4  117.0  116.6  116.7  116.4  115.6  115.0  113.9  112.9

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    122.3   122.0   121.5   116.5  120.3  119.7  119.5  119.3  118.5  117.7  116.1  114.8  114.0  113.3
  Food             122.4   122.1   121.7   116.6  120.4  119.8  119.7  119.5  118.6  117.9  116.2  114.8  114.0  113.2

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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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