Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     161.1   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
  Food              162.3   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 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     151.6   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	
  Food              152.4   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     164.1   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  	
  Food              165.5   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  	

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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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