Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2009


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

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Area                                2 0 0 9               |                             2 0 0 8                       
  Commodity Group     May     Apr     Mar     Feb     Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May  
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     160.3   160.1   159.9   159.3   158.3   152.3  156.8  156.8  157.3  158.0r 158.4  158.4  155.9  151.4r
  Food              161.5   161.2   161.1   160.5   159.4   153.3  158.0  158.0  158.4  159.3r 159.7  159.7  157.2  152.4r 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     151.3   150.9   150.5   150.3   150.4   145.1  148.1  147.4  147.7  148.4  148.3  148.6  148.4  145.9 	
  Food              152.1   151.7   151.4   151.2   151.3   145.8  148.8  148.1  148.5  149.2  149.1  149.5  149.3  146.7 

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     163.2   163.0   162.9   162.2   160.8   154.6  159.6  159.8  160.3  161.1r 161.6  161.5  158.3  153.2r  	
  Food              164.5   164.3   164.2   163.5   162.0   155.7  160.9  161.1  161.6  162.5r 163.1  163.0  159.7  154.2r  	

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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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