Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, July 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     161.0   160.8   160.3   160.1   159.9   159.3   158.3   152.3  156.8  156.8  157.3  158.0r 158.4  158.4
  Food              162.1   161.9   161.5   161.2   161.1   160.5   159.4   153.3  158.0  158.0  158.4  159.3r 159.7  159.7 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     151.8   151.9   151.3   150.9   150.5   150.3   150.4   145.1  148.1  147.4  147.7  148.4  148.3  148.6	
  Food              152.6   152.7   152.1   151.7   151.4   151.2   151.3   145.8  148.8  148.1  148.5  149.2  149.1  149.5

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     163.9   163.6   163.2   163.0   162.9   162.2   160.8   154.6  159.6  159.8  160.3  161.1r 161.6  161.5  	
  Food              165.2   164.9   164.5   164.3   164.2   163.5   162.0   155.7  160.9  161.1  161.6  162.5r 163.1  163.0  	

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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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