| CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, INFLATION RATE AND PURCHASING POWER BY AREA AND COMMODITY GROUP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| for periods indicated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2000 = 100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | ||||
| PHILIPPINES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Items | 100.0 | 106.8 | 110.0 | 113.8 | 120.6 | 129.8 | 137.9 | 141.8 | 140.0 | 139.8 | 139.7 | 140.0 | 140.4 | 141.3 | 142.4 | 142.6 | 142.8 | 143.1 | 144.0 | 145.1 | 146.8 | 147.3 | 148.6 | 151.6 | 153.8 | 157.4 | |||
| Food & Beverages | 100.0 | 104.7 | 107.1 | 109.5 | 116.3 | 123.8 | 130.6 | 134.9 | 133.2 | 132.9 | 132.7 | 133.0 | 133.3 | 133.8 | 134.5 | 135.1 | 136.1 | 136.8 | 137.8 | 139.1 | 141.1 | 141.9 | 143.6 | 148.2 | 151.4 | 155.9 | |||
| Clothing | 100.0 | 104.1 | 107.7 | 111.4 | 114.4 | 118.4 | 122.0 | 124.8 | 123.9 | 124.1 | 124.4 | 124.5 | 124.7 | 124.8 | 124.9 | 125.1 | 125.2 | 125.3 | 125.5 | 125.6 | 126.7 | 128.3 | 128.9 | 129.4 | 129.7 | 130.1 | |||
| Housing & Repair | 100.0 | 107.1 | 112.2 | 117.0 | 121.4 | 126.9 | 131.9 | 133.9 | 133.2 | 133.4 | 133.4 | 133.5 | 133.6 | 133.9 | 134.2 | 134.2 | 134.2 | 134.3 | 134.4 | 134.5 | 136.3 | 137.1 | 137.6 | 138.6 | 139.0 | 139.7 | |||
| Fuel, Light & Water | 100.0 | 113.1 | 115.9 | 123.2 | 132.3 | 156.2 | 176.4 | 182.1 | 179.3 | 179.1 | 179.2 | 179.4 | 180.4 | 181.9 | 188.4 | 186.3 | 181.9 | 179.0 | 182.4 | 187.5 | 189.2 | 187.3 | 190.3 | 193.8 | 195.2 | 195.8 | |||
| Services | 100.0 | 110.4 | 115.1 | 121.6 | 132.8 | 148.5 | 161.7 | 166.2 | 162.6 | 162.1 | 162.2 | 162.9 | 163.6 | 166.9 | 168.1 | 168.3 | 168.4 | 169.2 | 170.0 | 170.6 | 171.4 | 171.6 | 172.5 | 174.1 | 176.4 | 183.4 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 100.0 | 107.1 | 109.0 | 111.1 | 113.5 | 117.1 | 120.6 | 122.5 | 121.8 | 121.9 | 122.1 | 122.2 | 122.3 | 122.4 | 122.6 | 122.7 | 122.8 | 122.9 | 123.0 | 123.2 | 123.8 | 124.4 | 125.0 | 125.4 | 125.6 | 126.0 | |||
| Inflation Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headline | 4.0 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 11.4 | |||
| Core | 4.0 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.9 | |||
| Purchasing Power of the Peso | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.64 | |||
| METRO MANILA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Items | 100.0 | 107.1 | 110.5 | 114.5 | 121.1 | 131.5 | 140.7 | 144.4 | 142.8 | 142.2 | 142.1 | 142.3 | 142.7 | 143.8 | 146.0 | 146.0 | 145.7 | 145.5 | 146.1 | 147.5 | 148.4 | 148.0 | 149.8 | 152.9 | 154.6 | 157.0 | |||
| Food & Beverages | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.9 | 108.7 | 115.3 | 120.8 | 127.6 | 131.8 | 130.8 | 129.6 | 129.2 | 129.2 | 129.5 | 130.1 | 131.4 | 132.5 | 133.4 | 134.2 | 134.8 | 136.9 | 137.8 | 137.3 | 140.0 | 143.5 | 145.9 | 148.4 | |||
| Clothing | 100.0 | 104.8 | 110.2 | 116.4 | 119.9 | 123.4 | 126.7 | 130.1 | 129.4 | 129.7 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.1 | 130.2 | 130.2 | 130.2 | 130.3 | 130.3 | 130.4 | 132.5 | 135.9 | 136.5 | 136.7 | 136.8 | 136.9 | |||
| Housing & Repair | 100.0 | 106.3 | 112.8 | 114.6 | 118.0 | 125.5 | 131.7 | 133.3 | 132.9 | 133.0 | 133.0 | 133.1 | 133.3 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.6 | 133.7 | 133.9 | 134.2 | 134.4 | 136.4 | 136.4 | 137.0 | |||
| Fuel, Light & Water | 100.0 | 118.8 | 121.9 | 133.9 | 142.1 | 182.5 | 206.0 | 212.2 | 210.3 | 210.0 | 210.3 | 210.0 | 210.6 | 211.6 | 230.0 | 223.5 | 212.5 | 202.8 | 204.7 | 209.9 | 212.3 | 208.8 | 213.2 | 223.8 | 224.5 | 218.9 | |||
| Services | 100.0 | 108.7 | 113.4 | 120.5 | 132.1 | 148.8 | 164.4 | 169.4 | 164.7 | 164.0 | 164.2 | 165.2 | 166.2 | 169.6 | 171.7 | 172.1 | 172.2 | 173.3 | 174.3 | 175.1 | 176.2 | 175.7 | 177.1 | 179.2 | 182.7 | 191.3 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 100.0 | 106.5 | 108.9 | 111.0 | 113.4 | 116.8 | 120.1 | 121.6 | 121.3 | 121.4 | 121.5 | 121.5 | 121.6 | 121.6 | 121.6 | 121.7 | 121.8 | 121.8 | 121.8 | 121.9 | 122.2 | 122.5 | 122.8 | 123.5 | 123.7 | 123.9 | |||
| Inflation Rate | 4.6 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 9.2 | |||
| Purchasing Power of the Peso | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.64 | |||
| AREAS OUTSIDE METRO MANILA (AOMM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Items | 100.0 | 106.6 | 109.8 | 113.5 | 120.4 | 129.1 | 136.8 | 140.6 | 138.7 | 138.7 | 138.7 | 139.0 | 139.4 | 140.3 | 140.8 | 141.1 | 141.5 | 142.0 | 143.1 | 144.1 | 146.1 | 147.0 | 148.1 | 151.1 | 153.5 | 157.5 | |||
| Food & Beverages | 100.0 | 104.6 | 107.4 | 109.7 | 116.5 | 124.7 | 131.6 | 135.8 | 133.9 | 133.9 | 133.8 | 134.2 | 134.5 | 135.0 | 135.5 | 135.9 | 136.9 | 137.6 | 138.7 | 139.8 | 142.2 | 143.4 | 144.7 | 149.7 | 153.2 | 158.3 | |||
| Clothing | 100.0 | 103.8 | 106.9 | 109.6 | 112.5 | 116.6 | 120.4 | 123.0 | 122.0 | 122.2 | 122.5 | 122.6 | 122.8 | 123.0 | 123.1 | 123.3 | 123.4 | 123.5 | 123.8 | 123.9 | 124.7 | 125.7 | 126.2 | 126.8 | 127.2 | 127.7 | |||
| Housing & Repair | 100.0 | 107.7 | 111.7 | 119.0 | 124.0 | 128.0 | 132.0 | 134.4 | 133.4 | 133.7 | 133.7 | 133.8 | 133.9 | 134.3 | 134.7 | 134.8 | 134.8 | 135.0 | 135.1 | 135.2 | 138.2 | 139.4 | 140.2 | 140.4 | 141.0 | 141.9 | |||
| Fuel, Light & Water | 100.0 | 110.5 | 113.3 | 118.6 | 128.0 | 144.7 | 163.5 | 169.0 | 165.8 | 165.6 | 165.6 | 166.1 | 167.3 | 168.9 | 170.3 | 170.1 | 168.6 | 168.6 | 172.7 | 177.7 | 179.2 | 177.9 | 180.3 | 180.7 | 182.4 | 185.7 | |||
| Services | 100.0 | 111.4 | 116.0 | 122.2 | 133.2 | 148.3 | 160.2 | 164.4 | 161.4 | 161.0 | 161.1 | 161.6 | 162.1 | 165.3 | 166.0 | 166.2 | 166.2 | 166.8 | 167.5 | 168.1 | 168.7 | 169.3 | 169.9 | 171.1 | 172.8 | 178.9 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 100.0 | 107.3 | 109.0 | 111.1 | 113.5 | 117.2 | 120.7 | 122.8 | 122.0 | 122.1 | 122.3 | 122.4 | 122.6 | 122.7 | 122.9 | 123.0 | 123.1 | 123.3 | 123.4 | 123.7 | 124.3 | 125.1 | 125.7 | 126.0 | 126.3 | 126.7 | |||
| Inflation Rate | 3.7 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 12.3 | |||
| Purchasing Power of the Peso | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.63 | |||
| Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||