Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2008


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     158.4  158.4  155.9  151.4r 148.2  143.6  141.9  141.1   134.9  139.1  137.8  136.8  136.1  135.1
  Food              159.7  159.7  157.2  152.4r 149.0  144.0  142.3  141.5   135.0  139.4  138.0  137.0  136.2  135.2 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     148.3  148.6  148.4  145.9  143.5  140.0  137.3  137.8   131.8  136.9  134.8  134.2  133.4  132.5	
  Food              149.1  149.5  149.3  146.7  144.2  140.4  137.6  138.3   132.0  137.3  135.2  134.5  133.7  132.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     161.6  161.5  158.3  153.2r 149.7  144.7  143.4  142.2   135.8  139.8  138.7  137.6  136.9  135.9 	
  Food              163.1  163.0  159.7  154.2r 150.5  145.1  143.8  142.5   135.9  140.1  138.9  137.8  137.0  136.0 	

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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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