Table 6. Year-on-Year Changes of the CPI in Percent by Area, by Commodity Group
September 2004 - September 2005
(2000 = 100)
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2 0 0 5 | 2 0 0 4
Area/Commodity Group Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan | Ave Dec Nov Oct Sep
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Philippines
All items 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 6.0 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.2
Food, beverages, and tobacco 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.5 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.6 7.4 6.2 8.2 7.5 7.9 7.6
Clothing 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.5r
Housing and repairs 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2
Fuel, light, and water 17.3 18.7 18.9 19.1 20.1 19.7 18.2 18.7 20.1 7.4 17.9 17.0 10.1 8.8
Services 10.0 10.0 9.9 11.2 14.3 14.5r 14.0 13.5r 13.6 9.2 14.1 13.7 13.2 12.7
Miscellaneous 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.2
National Capital Region
All items 8.8 9.0 8.9 8.4 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.9 5.8 8.4 7.9 6.8 6.5
Food, beverages and tobacco 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.9 6.1 7.5 5.8 7.1 7.0
Clothing 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9r
Housing and repairs 7.2 7.4 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0
Fuel, light and water 27.6 32.2 31.9 32.6 32.5 32.0 28.9 31.1 32.5 6.1 22.6 23.5 6.6 6.3
Services 13.0 12.9 12.8 11.3 13.5 13.6 13.2 12.1 12.4 9.6 13.7 13.6 12.7 12.0
Miscellaneous 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.1 1.9
Areas Outside NCR
All items 6.2 6.4 6.3 7.3 8.3 8.4 8.3 8.4r 8.3 6.1 8.6 8.2 8.1 7.6
Food, beverages, and tobacco 6.0 6.2 6.4 7.2 7.8 7.9 7.9 8.3 7.9 6.2 8.4 8.0 8.2 7.9
Clothing 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.6 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.7
Housing and repairs 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.5
Fuel, light, and water 12.4 12.4 12.8 12.6 14.3 13.8 13.1 12.8 14.1 7.9 15.4 13.8 11.8 10.1
Services 8.4 8.5 8.4 11.2 14.8 14.9r 14.5r 14.2r 14.3 9.0 14.3 13.9 13.5 13.0
Miscellaneous 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4
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r - revised
Source: National Statistics Office
Page last updated: October 5, 2005
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