Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2008


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, January 2007 - January 2008
          (2000 = 100)
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                                2008 |                                2 0 0 7                        
Area / Commodity Group           Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan 
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   1.4   0.9   0.7   0.5   0.7   0.4   0.5   0.4   0.2   0.2  -0.2  -0.2   0.4  
  Food                           1.5   1.0   0.7   0.6   0.7   0.4   0.5   0.4   0.3   0.2  -0.2  -0.2   0.4  

National Capital Region (NCR)

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

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  1.7   0.8   0.8   0.5   0.7   0.3   0.4   0.4   0.2   0.3  -0.1  0.0    0.5  
   Food                          1.7   0.9   0.8   0.6   0.7   0.3   0.4   0.4   0.3   0.2  -0.1  0.0    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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