Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2010


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, March 2009 - March 2010
          (2000 = 100)
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                                     2 0 1 0     |                       2 0 0 9                      
Area / Commodity Group           Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar 
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco  -0.3   0.1   0.1   0.4   0.8   1.1   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.3   0.1   0.1   0.4
  Food                          -0.3   0.1   0.1   0.4   0.9   1.1   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.5  -0.6  -0.4   0.3   -0. 4 2.6   0.7   -0. 1 -0. 1 0.4   0.3   0.3   0.1
   Food                         -0.5  -0.6  -0.5   0.3   -0. 5 2.9   0.7   -0. 1 -0. 1 0.4   0.3   0.2   0.1

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.2   0.3   0.2   0.4   1.2   0.6   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.4
   Food                         -0.2   0.3   0.2   0.4   1.3   0.6   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.2   0.1   0.1   0.4

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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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