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

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                                                                           2 0 0 5                                       |   2004
Area/Commodity Group             Ave     Dec     Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar   Feb   Jan | Ave   Dec
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Philippines

All items                        7.6     6.6     7.1    7.0    7.0    7.2    7.1    7.6    8.5    8.5    8.5    8.5   8.4  6.0   8.6

Food, beverages, and tobacco     6.4     5.6     6.3    5.9    5.7    5.8    5.9    6.5    6.9    7.0    7.2    7.6   7.4  6.2   8.2
Clothing                         3.5     3.1     3.2    3.2    3.5    3.5    3.5    3.7    3.7    3.8    3.7    3.5   3.5  2.7   3.3
Housing and repairs              4.5     4.2     4.1    4.4    4.8    4.8    4.7    4.4    4.8    4.8    4.7    4.5   4.2  3.8   3.5
Fuel, light, and water          18.1    14.8    14.4r  17.6   17.3   18.7   18.9   19.1   20.1   19.7   18.2   18.7  20.1  7.4  17.9
Services                        11.8    10.1    10.9   10.4   10.0   10.0    9.9   11.2   14.3   14.5r  14.0   13.5r 13.6  9.2  14.1
Miscellaneous                    3.2     3.0     3.1    3.1    3.2    3.3    3.4    3.4    3.5    3.2    3.1    3.1   2.9  2.2   2.8

National Capital Region

All items                        8.6     7.4     8.0    8.9    8.8    9.0    8.9    8.4    8.6    8.9    8.7    8.8   8.9  5.8   8.4

Food, beverages and tobacco      4.8     4.1     6.0    5.1    4.6    4.2    4.4    4.2    3.9    4.6    5.1    5.4   5.9  6.1   7.5
Clothing                         2.9     1.6     2.0    2.3    2.9    3.2    3.1    3.2    3.3    3.4    3.3    3.2   3.2  3.0   3.0
Housing and repairs              6.4     6.4     6.3    6.6    7.2    7.4    7.1    6.3    6.3    6.1    6.1    5.5   4.6  3.0   2.9
Fuel, light and water           28.4    19.1    15.4   29.8   27.6   32.2   31.9   32.6   32.5   32.0   28.9   31.1  32.5  6.1  22.6
Services                        12.6    11.3    12.3   13.0   13.0   12.9   12.8   11.3   13.5   13.6   13.2   12.1  12.4  9.6  13.7
Miscellaneous                    3.0     2.6     2.7    3.1    3.3    3.3    3.2    3.1    3.2    2.9    2.8    2.8   2.7  2.2   2.6

Areas Outside NCR

All items                        7.2     6.4     6.8    6.2    6.2    6.4    6.3    7.3    8.3    8.4    8.3    8.4r  8.3  6.1   8.6

Food, beverages, and tobacco     7.0     6.1     6.4    6.1    6.0    6.2    6.4    7.2    7.8    7.9    7.9    8.3   7.9  6.2   8.4
Clothing                         3.6     3.7     3.6    3.5    3.7    3.6    3.7    3.8    3.8    3.9    3.9    3.7   3.5  2.6   3.4
Housing and repairs              3.2     2.6     2.6    2.7    3.0    3.0    2.8    3.0    3.7    3.8    3.8    3.9   3.9  4.2   4.0
Fuel, light, and water          13.0    12.6    13.9r  11.8   12.4   12.4   12.8   12.6   14.3   13.8   13.1   12.8  14.1  7.9  15.4
Services                        11.3     9.4    10.0    9.0    8.4    8.5    8.4   11.2   14.8   14.9r  14.5r  14.2r 14.3  9.0  14.3
Miscellaneous                    3.3     3.2     3.3    3.1    3.1    3.3    3.3    3.4    3.5    3.3    3.3    3.2   3.0  2.2   2.8

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r - revised

Source:  National Statistics Office
        
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