Consumer Price Index/Inflation Rate Statistics Table, December 2004


Table 12.  Month-on-Month Changes of the Food and FBT, in Percent, by Area, December 2003 - December 2004
           (1994=100)
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Area                                                         2 0 0 4                        |2003
  Commodity Group                Dec  Nov  Oct  Sep  Aug  Jul  Jun  May  Apr  Mar  Feb  Jan | Dec
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Philippines

  Food, beverages, and tobacco   0.9  0.1  0.1  0.6  0.6  1.0  0.9  0.7  0.6  0.7  0.0  1.3   0.4
  Food                           1.1  0.1  0.2  0.5  0.6  1.0  1.0  0.6  0.6  0.7  0.0  1.4   0.4

National Capital Region (NCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  3.2 -0.4  0.2  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.2  0.7  0.6  0.4 -0.1  1.1   1.0
   Food                          3.5 -0.5  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.3  0.6  0.7  0.3  0.0  1.1   1.1

Areas Outside NCR (AONCR)

   Food, beverages, and tobacco  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.7  0.7  1.2  1.1  0.7  0.5  0.8  0.0  1.4   0.2
   Food                          0.4  0.2  0.2  0.6  0.7  1.3  1.1  0.7  0.5  0.8  0.0  1.5   0.1

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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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