Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2007


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, March 2006 - March 2007
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                       2 0 0 7      |                                   2 0 0 6                          
  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     132.7  132.9  133.2   130.6  132.7  132.6  132.2  131.5  131.8  130.8  130.4  129.9  129.4  129.2 	
  Food              132.8  133.0  133.3   130.7  132.8  132.7  132.4  131.7  131.9  130.9  130.5  130.0  129.5  129.4 	 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     129.2  129.6  130.8   127.6  130.7  130.2  130.4  128.5  129.3  127.8  126.8  126.0  125.7  125.5	
  Food              129.3  129.7  131.0   127.8  130.9  130.4  130.7  128.7  129.5  127.9  126.9  126.1  125.9  125.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     133.8  133.9  133.9   131.6  133.3r 133.4  132.8  132.5  132.6  131.8  131.6  131.1  130.6  130.4 	
  Food              133.9  134.0  134.0   131.7  133.4  133.5  132.9  132.6  132.7  131.9  131.7  131.2  130.7  130.6 	

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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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