Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2006


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

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Area                                                          2 0 0 6                                         |    2 0 0 5
  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     130.6  132.7  132.6  132.2  131.5  131.8  130.8  130.4  129.9  129.4  129.2  129.0  127.7   123.8  126.8
  Food              130.7  132.8  132.7  132.4  131.7  131.9  130.9  130.5  130.0  129.5  129.4  129.1  127.9   123.9  126.9

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     127.6  130.7  130.2  130.4  128.5  129.3  127.8  126.8  126.0  125.7  125.5  125.9  124.7   120.8  124.3
  Food              127.8  130.9  130.4  130.7  128.7  129.5  127.9  126.9  126.1  125.9  125.7  126.1  124.8   120.9  124.4

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     131.6  133.4  133.4  132.8  132.5  132.6  131.8  131.6  131.1  130.6  130.4  130.0  128.7   124.7  127.6
  Food              131.7  133.4  133.5  132.9  132.6  132.7  131.9  131.7  131.2  130.7  130.6  130.1  128.9   124.8  127.7

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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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