Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2009


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, December 2008 - December 2009
          (2000 = 100)
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                                                                   2 0 0 9                              |2008
Area / Commodity Group           Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar    Feb   Jan | Dec
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.4   0.8   1.1   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.3   0.1   0.1   0.4    0.6   1.0   0.0
  Food                           0.4   0.9   1.1   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.4    0.7   0.9   0.0

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.3  -0.4   2.6   0.7  -0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.3   0.3   0.1   -0.1   1.6   0.5
   Food                          0.3  -0.5   2.9   0.7  -0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.3   0.2   0.1   -0.1   1.7   0.5

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.4   1.2   0.6   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.4    0.9   0.8  -0.1
   Food                          0.4   1.3   0.6   0.1   0.1r  0.2   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.4    0.9   0.7  -0.1

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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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