Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, April 2005


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    122.0   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
  Food             122.1   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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    119.0   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
  Food             119.1   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    123.0   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
  Food             123.1   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

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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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