Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2007


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

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Area                              2 0 0 7             |                             2 0 0 6
  Commodity Group     May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     133.0  133.0  132.7  132.9  133.2   130.6  132.7  132.6  132.2  131.5  131.8  130.8  130.4  129.9
  Food              133.4  133.0  132.8  133.0  133.3   130.7  132.8  132.7  132.4  131.7  131.9  130.9  130.5  130.0

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     134.5  134.2  133.8  133.9  133.9   131.6  133.3r 133.4  132.8  132.5  132.6  131.8  131.6  131.1
  Food              134.6  134.2  133.9  134.0  134.0   131.7  133.4  133.5  132.9  132.6  132.7  131.9  131.7  131.2

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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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