Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     159.9   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
  Food              161.1   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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     150.5   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	
  Food              151.4   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     162.9   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  	
  Food              164.2   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  	

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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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