Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, January 2009


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, January 2008 - January 2009
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                 2009 |                                           2 0 0 8                                 
  Commodity Group     Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     158.3   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
  Food              159.4   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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     150.4   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	
  Food              151.3   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     160.8   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  	
  Food              162.0   155.7  160.9  161.1  161.6  162.5r 163.1  163.0  159.7  154.2r 150.r  145.1  143.8  142.5  	

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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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