Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, October 2007


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

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.5    0.7    0.4    0.5    0.4    0.2    0.2   -0.2   -0.2   0.4   0.1   0.3   0.5 
  Food                           0.6    0.7    0.4    0.5    0.4    0.3    0.2   -0.2   -0.2   0.4   0.1   0.2   0.5 

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.6    0.7    0.8    1.0    0.5    0.2    0.0   -0.3   -0.9   0.1   0.4  -0.2   1.5 
   Food                          0.6    0.8    0.9    1.0    0.5    0.2    0.0   -0.3   -1.0   0.1   0.4  -0.2   1.6 

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.5    0.7    0.3    0.4    0.4    0.2    0.3   -0.1    0.0   0.5  -0.1r  0.5   0.2 
   Food                          0.6    0.7    0.3    0.4    0.4    0.3    0.2   -0.1    0.0   0.4  -0.1   0.5   0.2 

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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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