Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, April 2008


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

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Area                           2 0 0 8          |                                2 0 0 7                          
  Commodity Group     Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan  |  Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     148.2  143.6  141.9  141.1   134.9  139.1  137.8  136.8  136.1  135.1  134.5  133.8  133.3  133.0
  Food              149.0  144.0  142.3  141.5   135.0  139.4  138.0  137.0  136.2  135.2  134.6  133.9  133.4  133.0 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     143.5  140.0  137.3  137.8   131.8  136.9  134.8  134.2  133.4  132.5  131.4  130.1  129.5  129.2	
  Food              144.2  140.4  137.6  138.3   132.0  137.3  135.2  134.5  133.7  132.7  131.5  130.2  129.6  129.3

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     149.7  144.7  143.4  142.2   135.8  139.8  138.7  137.6  136.9  135.9  135.5  135.0  134.5  134.2 	
  Food              150.5  145.1  143.8  142.5   135.9  140.1  138.9  137.8  137.0  136.0  135.6  135.1  134.6  134.2 	

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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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