Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, November 2009


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

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

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     164.4   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
  Food              165.8   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

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     156.0   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
  Food              157.1   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

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     167.1   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
  Food              168.6   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
 
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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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