Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, September 2007


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     136.1  135.1  134.5  133.8  133.0  133.0  132.7  132.9  133.2   130.6  132.7  132.6  132.2  131.5 	
  Food              136.2  135.2  134.6  133.9  133.4  133.0  132.8  133.0  133.3   130.7  132.8  132.7  132.4  131.7 	 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     133.4  132.5  131.4  130.1  129.5  129.2  129.2  129.6  130.8   127.6  130.7  130.2  130.4  128.5	
  Food              133.7  132.7  131.5  130.2  129.6  129.3  129.3  129.7  131.0   127.8  130.9  130.4  130.7  128.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     136.9  135.9  135.5  135.0  134.5  134.2  133.8  133.9  133.9   131.6  133.3r 133.4  132.8  132.5 	
  Food              137.0  136.0  135.6  135.1  134.6  134.2  133.9  134.0  134.0   131.7  133.4  133.5  132.9  132.6 	

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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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