Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2006


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     131.8  130.8  130.4  129.9  129.4  129.2  129.0  127.7   123.8  126.8  126.4  125.8  125.4  124.8	
  Food              131.9  130.9  130.5  130.0  129.5  129.4  129.1  127.9   123.9  126.9  126.6  125.9  125.5  125.0	 
																															
National Capital																											
  Region (NCR)																												
																														
  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     129.3  127.8  126.8  126.0  125.7  125.5  125.9  124.7   120.8  124.3  123.3  122.8  121.9  121.4
  Food              129.5  127.9  126.9  126.1  125.9  125.7  126.1  124.8   120.9  124.4  123.4  122.9  121.9  121.5

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     132.6  131.8  131.6  131.1  130.6  130.4  130.0  128.7   124.7  127.6  127.4  126.8  126.5  125.9	
  Food              132.7  131.9  131.7  131.2  130.7  130.6  130.1  128.9   124.8  127.7  127.6  126.9  126.6  126.1	

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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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