Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2005


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, March 2004 - March 2005
          (2000 = 100)
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                                      2005     |                           2 0 0 4               
Area / Commodity Group           Mar  Feb  Jan | Dec  Nov  Oct  Sep  Aug  Jul  Jun  May  Apr  Mar
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.2  0.2  0.7   1.0  0.1  0.2  0.5  0.5  1.2  1.0  0.7  0.7  0.5 
  Food                           0.2  0.2  0.7   1.0  0.0  0.2  0.6  0.5  1.2  1.1  0.7  0.8  0.5 

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.2 -0.4 -0.3   2.7 -0.4  0.3  0.0  0.2  0.7  0.5  1.0  0.8  0.4 
   Food                          0.2 -0.5 -0.4   2.8 -0.5  0.3 -0.1  0.3  0.7  0.5  1.0  0.9  0.4 

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.2  0.4  1.0   0.5  0.2  0.2  0.7  0.7  1.4  1.1  0.7  0.6  0.6 
   Food                          0.2  0.3  1.1   0.5  0.1  0.2  0.8  0.6  1.5  1.2  0.7  0.7  0.6 

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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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