Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2012


Table 13  Year-on-Year Changes of the Food and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, in Percent, by Area,
          December 2011 - December 2012
          (2006 = 100)
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                                                                    2 0 1 2                                  |    2011   
Area / Commodity Group         Ave   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar    Feb   Jan  |  Ave   Dec   
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Philippines

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                     2.3   2.3   2.2   2.5   3.7   3.3   2.3   2.1   1.8   1.8   1.4    1.4   3.2     5.5   4.1
 Food                          2.2   2.2   2.1   2.5   3.6   3.3   2.2   2.0   1.7   1.7   1.2    1.2   3.3     5.7   4.2

National Capital Region (NCR)

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                     1.8   2.1   1.6   1.7   4.3   4.9   1.9   1.1   1.2   1.1   1.1    0.1   1.8     4.6   2.2
 Food                          1.7   1.9   1.4   1.5   4.3   5.0   1.7   0.9   1.1   0.9   1.0   -0.1   1.8     4.9   2.2
 
Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

 Food and Non-Alcoholic 
 Beverages                     2.5   2.4   2.4   2.7   3.5   3.0   2.5   2.3   2.0   2.0   1.5    1.7   3.6     5.6   4.5
 Food                          2.3   2.3   2.3   2.7   3.4   2.9   2.4   2.2   1.9   1.9   1.3    1.5   3.6     5.9   4.6

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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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