Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2006


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, January 2005 - January 2006
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                 2006 |                                           2 0 0 5                                        
  Commodity Group     Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     127.7   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 	
  Food              127.9   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 	 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     124.7   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	
  Food              124.8   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     128.7   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 	
  Food              128.9   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 	

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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