Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2011


Table 13  Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, in Percent, by Area,
          August 2010 - August 2011
          (2006 = 100)
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                                                     2011                       |          2 0 1 0       
Area / Commodity Group         Aug    Jul   Jun   May    Apr    Mar   Feb   Jan | Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug 
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Philippines

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                     0.0    0.1   0.2   0.0   0.2    0.0    1.3   1.0   0.5   1.1   0.2   0.2   0.6
 Food                          0.1    0.1   0.2  -0.1   0.3   -0.1    1.4   1.0   0.5   1.3   0.2   0.2   0.7

National Capital Region (NCR)

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                    -0.6   -0.2   0.6   0.0   0.4   -0.9    0.7   0.2   0.0   2.9   1.1  -0.3   0.5
 Food                         -0.7   -0.2   0.7  -0.1   0.5   -1.1    0.8   0.2   0.0   3.1   1.2  -0.4   0.6
 
Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                     0.1    0.2   0.1   0.0   0.1    0.2    1.5   1.1   0.6   0.8   0.0   0.3   0.6 
 Food                          0.2    0.2   0.1  -0.1   0.2    0.1    1.5   1.2   0.6   0.9   0.0   0.3   0.7 

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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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