Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2007


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, March 2006 - March 2007
          (2000 = 100)
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                                      2 0 0 7     |                          2 0 0 6                      
Area / Commodity Group           Feb    Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar 
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco  -0.2   -0.2   0.4   0.1   0.3   0.5  -0.2   0.8   0.3   0.4   0.4   0.2   0.2  
  Food                          -0.2   -0.2   0.4   0.1   0.2   0.5  -0.2   0.8   0.3   0.4   0.4   0.1   0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.3   -0.9   0.1   0.4  -0.2   1.5  -0.6   1.2   0.8   0.6   0.2   0.2  -0.3  
   Food                         -0.3   -1.0   0.1   0.4  -0.2   1.6  -0.6   1.3   0.8   0.6   0.2   0.2  -0.3  

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.1    0.0   0.5  -0.1r  0.5   0.2  -0.1   0.6   0.2   0.4   0.4   0.2   0.3  
   Food                         -0.1    0.0   0.4  -0.1   0.5   0.2  -0.1   0.6   0.2   0.4   0.4   0.1   0.4  

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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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