Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2006


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, March 2005 - March 2006
          (2000 = 100)
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                                      2 0 0 6    |                        2 0 0 5                        
Area / Commodity Group           Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.2   1.0   0.7   0.3   0.5   0.3   0.5   0.4   0.6   0.7   0.6   0.5   0.2  
  Food                           0.2   0.9   0.8   0.2   0.6   0.3   0.4   0.5   0.6   0.7   0.6   0.5   0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.3   1.0   0.3   0.8   0.4   0.7   0.4   0.0   0.8   0.8   0.3   0.3   0.2  
   Food                         -0.3   1.0   0.3   0.8   0.4   0.8   0.3   0.0   0.8   0.8   0.3   0.3   0.2  

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.3   1.0   0.9   0.2   0.5   0.2   0.5   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.6   0.2  
   Food                          0.4   0.9   0.9   0.1   0.6   0.2   0.4   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.2  

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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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