Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, October 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     163.1   161.4   161.1   161.0   160.8   160.3   160.1   159.9   159.3   158.3   152.3   156.8   156.8   157.3
  Food              164.4   162.6   162.3   162.1   161.9   161.5   161.2   161.1   160.5   159.4   153.3   158.0   158.0   158.4

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     156.7   152.7   151.6   151.8   151.9   151.3   150.9   150.5   150.3   150.4   145.1   148.1   147.4   147.7
  Food              157.9   153.5   152.4   152.6   152.7   152.1   151.7   151.4   151.2   151.3   145.8   148.8   148.1   148.5

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     165.2   164.2   164.1   163.9   163.6   163.2   163.0   162.9   162.2   160.8   154.6   159.6   159.8   160.3 
  Food              166.5   165.5   165.4r  165.2   164.9   164.5   164.3   164.2   163.5   162.0   155.7   160.9   161.1   161.6 
 
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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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