Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2005


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     124.9  124.3  123.5  122.7  122.0  121.4  121.2  120.9   116.3  120.1  118.9  118.8  118.6  118.0
  Food              125.0  124.4  123.6  122.8  122.1  121.5  121.3  121.1   116.3  120.2  119.0  119.0  118.8  118.1

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     121.4  121.4  120.4  119.4  119.0  118.7  118.5  119.0   115.3  119.4  116.3  116.8  116.5  116.5
  Food              121.5  121.5  120.5  119.5  119.1  118.8  118.6  119.2   115.4  119.7  116.4  117.0  116.6  116.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     125.9  125.2  124.5  123.8  123.0  122.3  122.0  121.5   116.5  120.3  119.7  119.5  119.3  118.5
  Food              126.1  125.3  124.6  123.9  123.1  122.4  122.1  121.7   116.6  120.4  119.8  119.7  119.5  118.6

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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