Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2008


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, January 2007 - January 2008
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                 2008 |                                           2 0 0 7                                 
  Commodity Group     Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     141.1   134.9  139.1  137.8  136.8  136.1  135.1  134.5  133.8  133.3  133.0  132.7  132.9  133.2
  Food              141.5   135.0  139.4  138.0  137.0  136.2  135.2  134.6  133.9  133.4  133.0  132.8  133.0  133.3 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     137.8   131.8  136.9  134.8  134.2  133.4  132.5  131.4  130.1  129.5  129.2  129.2  129.6  130.8	
  Food              138.3   132.0  137.3  135.2  134.5  133.7  132.7  131.5  130.2  129.6  129.3  129.3  129.7  131.0

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     142.2   135.8  139.8  138.7  137.6  136.9  135.9  135.5  135.0  134.5  134.2  133.8  133.9  133.9 	
  Food              142.5   135.9  140.1  138.9  137.8  137.0  136.0  135.6  135.1  134.6  134.2  133.9  134.0  134.0 	

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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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