Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2005


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    122.7   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
  Food             122.8   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

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    119.4   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
  Food             119.5   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco    123.8   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
  Food             123.9   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

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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