Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, April 2011


Table 12. Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, April 2010 - April 2011
          (2000 = 100)
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                                           2011         |                    2 0 1 0                      
Area / Commodity Group           Apr    Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr 
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   -0.1   -0.1  1.2   1.1   0.4   0.7  -0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.2   0.4   0.1   0.1
  Food                           -0.1   -0.1  1.2   1.1   0.4   0.8  -0.1  -0.1   0.4   0.2   0.3   0.2   0.1

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.0   -0.6   0.9   0.8   0.3   1.2  0.5   -0.4   0.1  -0.3   0.5   0.2   0.1
   Food                         -0.1   -0.6   0.9   0.8   0.3   1.3  0.5   -0.4   0.1  -0.3   0.5   0.3   0.1

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco -0.1    0.1   1.4   1.1   0.4   0.6  -0.3  0.0    0.5   0.3   0.3   0.1   0.1
   Food                         -0.1    0.1   1.4   1.2   0.3   0.7  -0.3  0.0    0.5   0.3   0.3   0.2   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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