Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2006


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

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Area                       2 0 0 6      |                                 2 0 0 5                                 
  Commodity Group     Mar    Feb    Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     129.2  129.0  127.7   123.8  126.8  126.4  125.8  125.4  124.8  124.3  123.5  122.7  122.0  121.4	
  Food              129.4  129.1  127.9   123.9  126.9  126.6  125.9  125.5  125.0  124.4  123.6  122.8  122.1  121.5	 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     125.5  125.9  124.7   120.8  124.3  123.3  122.8  121.9  121.4  121.4  120.4  119.4  119.0  118.7
  Food              125.7  126.1  124.8   120.9  124.4  123.4  122.9  121.9  121.5  121.5  120.5  119.5  119.1  118.8

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     130.4  130.0  128.7   124.7  127.6  127.4  126.8  126.5  125.9  125.2  124.5  123.8  123.0  122.3	
  Food              130.6  130.1  128.9   124.8  127.7  127.6  126.9  126.6  126.1  125.3  124.6  123.9  123.1  122.4	

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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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