Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2009


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, March 2008 - March 2009
          (2000 = 100)
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                                       2009       |                          2 0 0 8                        
Area / Commodity Group           Mar    Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.4    0.6   1.0   0.0  -0.3  -0.4  -0.3   0.0   1.6   3.0   2.2   3.2   1.2
  Food                           0.4    0.7   0.9   0.0  -0.3  -0.6  -0.3   0.0   1.6   3.1   2.3   3.5   1.2

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.1   -0.1   1.6   0.5  -0.2  -0.5  0.1   -0.2   0.1   1.7   1.7   2.5   2.0
   Food                          0.1   -0.1   1.7   0.5  -0.3  -0.5  0.1   -0.3   0.1   1.8   1.7   2.7   2.0

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.4    0.9   0.8  -0.1  -0.3  -0.5  -0.3   0.1   2.0   3.3   2.3   3.5   0.9
   Food                          0.4    0.9   0.7  -0.1  -0.3  -0.6  -0.4   0.1   2.1   3.6   2.5   3.7   0.9

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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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