Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, March 2012


Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
           for All Income Households, by Area, March 2011  - March 2012
           (2006 = 100)

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

  Food and Non-Alcoholic 
  Beverages              137.7   137.7   138.4  136.6  138.1  138.3  137.9  136.8  136.7  136.6  136.4  136.1  136.1  135.8
  Food                   138.8   138.8   139.6  137.8  139.4  139.6  139.1  138.0  137.9  137.8  137.6  137.3  137.4  137.1

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food and Non-Alcoholic
  Beverages              131.2   131.1   132.4  131.1  132.6  132.8  133.2  130.7  130.0  130.8  131.1  130.3  130.3  129.8
  Food                   132.2   132.2   133.6  132.3  133.9  134.1  134.5  131.8  131.1  132.0  132.3  131.4  131.5  130.9

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food and Non-Alcoholic
  Beverages              139.1   139.1   139.7  137.7  139.3  139.5  138.9  138.1  138.1  137.8  137.5  137.3  137.3  137.1
  Food                   140.2   140.2   140.9  139.0  140.6  140.8  140.1  139.3  139.3  139.0  138.7  138.5  138.6  138.4

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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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