Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2008


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     152.3  156.8  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
  Food              153.3  158.0  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

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     145.1  148.1  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
  Food              145.8  148.8  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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     154.6  159.6  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
  Food              155.7  160.9  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

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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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