Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, May 2011


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, May 2010 - May 2011
           (2000 = 100)

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

Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     172.2  172.0  172.1  172.2  170.1   166.1  168.3  167.6  166.4  166.6  166.7  166.1  165.8  165.2
  Food              173.6  173.4  173.6  173.7  171.6   167.4  169.7  169.1  167.7  167.9  168.1  167.4  167.1  166.6 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     159.9  159.4  159.4  160.3  158.9   155.3  157.6  157.1  155.2  154.5  155.1  154.9  155.3  154.6	
  Food              160.8  160.2  160.3  161.3  159.9   156.2  158.6  158.1  156.0  155.3  156.0  155.8  156.2  155.5

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     176.1  176.0  176.2  176.0  173.6   169.5  171.7  171.0  169.9  170.4  170.4  169.6  169.1  168.6  	
  Food              177.7  177.6  177.8  177.7  175.3   171.0  173.2  172.6  171.4  171.9  171.9  171.1  170.6  170.1  	

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:   June 7, 2011