Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, August 2012


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

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

  Food and Non-Alcoholic 
  Beverages              141.2   139.8   139.2   138.6   138.6   137.7   137.7   138.4  136.6  138.1  138.3  137.9  136.8  136.7
  Food                   142.4   140.9   140.3   139.7   139.8   138.8   138.8   139.6  137.8  139.4  139.6  139.1  138.0  137.9

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food and Non-Alcoholic
  Beverages              136.4   133.2   132.4   131.9   131.7   131.2   131.1   132.4  131.1  132.6  132.8  133.2  130.7  130.0
  Food                   137.7   134.2   133.4   132.9   132.7   132.2   132.2   133.6  132.3  133.9  134.1  134.5  131.8  131.1

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food and Non-Alcoholic
  Beverages              142.2   141.2   140.6   140.0   140.1   139.1   139.1   139.7  137.7  139.3  139.5  138.9  138.1  138.1
  Food                   143.4   142.3   141.7   141.1   141.3   140.2   140.2   140.9  139.0  140.6  140.8  140.1  139.3  139.3

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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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