Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, November 2008


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     156.8  157.3  158.0r 158.4  158.4  155.9  151.4r 148.2  143.6  141.9  141.1   134.9  139.1  137.8
  Food              158.0  158.4  159.3r 159.7  159.7  157.2  152.4r 149.0  144.0  142.3  141.5   135.0  139.4  138.0

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     147.4  147.7  148.4  148.3  148.6  148.4  145.9  143.5  140.0  137.3  137.8   131.8  136.9  134.8
  Food              148.1  148.5  149.2  149.1  149.5  149.3  146.7  144.2  140.4  137.6  138.3   132.0  137.3  135.2

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     159.8  160.3  161.1r 161.6  161.5  158.3  153.2r 149.7  144.7  143.4  142.2   135.8  139.8  138.7
  Food              161.1  161.6  162.5r 163.1  163.0  159.7  154.2r 150.5  145.1  143.8  142.5   135.9  140.1  138.9

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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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