Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, April 2010


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, April 2009 - April 2010
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                           2 0 1 0         |                                    2 0 0 9                          
  Commodity Group     Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     165.0  164.8  165.3  165.1   161.2  165.0  164.4  163.1  161.4  161.1  161.0  160.8  160.3  160.1
  Food              166.2  166.1  166.6  166.5   162.4  166.4  165.8  164.4  162.6  162.3  162.1  161.9  161.5  161.2 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     154.3  154.1  154.8  155.7   152.5  156.4  156.0  156.7  152.7  151.6  151.8  151.9  151.3  150.9	
  Food              155.1  154.9  155.7  156.7   153.5  157.5  157.1  157.9  153.5  152.4  152.6  152.7  152.1  151.7

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     168.4  168.2  168.6  168.1   164.0  167.7  167.1  165.2  164.2  164.1  163.9  163.6  163.2  163.0  	
  Food              169.8  169.7  170.1  169.6   165.3  169.3  168.6  166.5  165.5  165.r  165.2  164.9  164.5  164.3  	

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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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