Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2005


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     123.8  126.8  126.4  125.8  125.4  124.8  124.3  123.5  122.7  122.0  121.4  121.2  120.9   116.3  120.1
  Food              123.9  126.9  126.6  125.9  125.5  125.0  124.4  123.6  122.8  122.1  121.5  121.3  121.1   116.3  120.2

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     120.8  124.3  123.3  122.8  121.9  121.4  121.4  120.4  119.4  119.0  118.7  118.5  119.0   115.3  119.4
  Food              120.9  124.4  123.4  122.9  121.9  121.5  121.5  120.5  119.5  119.1  118.8  118.6  119.2   115.4  119.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     124.7  127.6  127.4  126.8  126.5  125.9  125.2  124.5  123.8  123.0  122.3  122.0  121.5   116.5  120.3
  Food              124.8  127.7  127.6  126.9  126.6  126.1  125.3  124.6  123.9  123.1  122.4  122.1  121.7   116.6  120.4

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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