Table 6. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent by Area, by Commodity Group
         May 2004 - May 2005
         (2000 = 100)

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                                              2 0 0 5          |                       2 0 0 4                       
Area/Commodity Group             May    Apr    Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May 
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Philippines

All items                        8.5    8.5    8.5    8.5   8.4  6.0   8.6   8.2   7.7   7.2   6.8   6.6   5.4   4.5 

Food, beverages, and tobacco     6.9    7.0    7.2    7.6   7.4  6.2   8.2   7.5   7.9   7.6   7.2   6.7   5.6   5.5 
Clothing                         3.7    3.8    3.7    3.5   3.5  2.7   3.3   3.0   2.8   2.5r  2.1   2.2   2.1   2.0 
Housing and repairs              4.8    4.8    4.7    4.5   4.2  3.8   3.5   3.5   3.4   3.2   3.2   3.6   3.8   3.5 
Fuel, light, and water          20.1   19.7   18.3   18.7  20.1  7.4  17.9  17.0  10.1   8.8   7.1   6.8   5.7   3.5r
Services                        14.3   14.5r  14.0   13.5r 13.6  9.2  14.1  13.7  13.2  12.7  12.4  11.9   8.5r  5.2 
Miscellaneous                    3.5    3.2    3.1    3.1   2.9  2.2   2.8   2.7   2.5   2.2   2.0   1.8   1.8   1.7 

National Capital Region

All items                        8.6    8.9    8.7    8.8   8.9  5.8   8.4   7.9   6.8   6.5   6.2   6.4   5.4r  4.8r

Food, beverages and tobacco      3.9    4.6    5.1    5.4   5.9  6.1   7.5   5.8   7.1   7.0   7.0   7.0   5.1   6.3 
Clothing                         3.3    3.4    3.3    3.2   3.2  3.0   3.0   2.5   2.4   1.9r  1.4   1.6   1.7   1.5r
Housing and repairs              6.3    6.1    6.1    5.5   4.6  3.0   2.9   3.0   2.9   3.0   2.8   3.1   3.4   3.3 
Fuel, light and water           32.5   32.0   28.9   31.1  32.5  6.1  22.6  23.5   6.6   6.3   3.7   3.3   3.1   2.0 
Services                        13.5   13.6   13.2   12.1  12.4  9.6  13.7  13.6  12.7  12.0  12.0  12.1  10.9r  6.6r
Miscellaneous                    3.2    2.9    2.8    2.8   2.7  2.2   2.6   2.7   2.1   1.9   1.7   1.7   1.7   1.8 

Areas Outside NCR

All items                        8.3    8.4    8.3    8.4r  8.3  6.1   8.6   8.2   8.1   7.6   7.1   6.7   5.4   4.5  

Food, beverages, and tobacco     7.8    7.9    7.9    8.3   7.9  6.2   8.4   8.0   8.2   7.9   7.2   6.6   5.6   5.3 
Clothing                         3.8    3.9    3.9    3.7   3.5  2.6   3.4   3.3   3.0   2.7   2.5   2.5   2.3   2.2r
Housing and repairs              3.7    3.8    3.8    3.9   3.9  4.2   4.0   3.9   3.9   3.5   3.5   3.8   4.1   3.6r 
Fuel, light, and water          14.3   13.8   13.1   12.8  14.1  7.9  15.4  13.8  11.8  10.1   8.8   8.6   7.0   4.2r 
Services                        14.8   14.9r  14.5r  14.2r 14.3  9.0  14.3  13.9  13.5  13.0  12.5  11.8   7.2   4.4 
Miscellaneous                    3.5    3.3    3.3    3.2   3.0  2.2   2.8   2.7   2.6   2.4   2.1   1.9   1.8   1.6 

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r - revised

Source:  National Statistics Office
        
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