Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, February 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     159.3   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
  Food              160.5   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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     150.3   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	
  Food              151.2   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     162.2   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  	
  Food              163.5   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  	

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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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