Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2008


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     151.6  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
  Food              152.5  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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     145.9  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	
  Food              146.7  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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     153.4  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 	
  Food              154.4  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 	

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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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