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Year-on-Year Changes of the Consumer Price Index in Percent by Commodity Group (2012=100): January 2012 - November 2021 by Geolocation, Commodity Description, Year and Period

Table ID: 2M4ACPI2

Indicator Inflation Rates
Definition The inflation rate is the annual rate of change or the year-on-year change of the CPI expressed in percent. Inflation is interpreted in terms of declining purchasing power of money.
Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure IR = CPI2 - CPI1/CPI1 x 100 where:
CPI2 - represents the CPI in the current period
CPI1 - represents the CPI in the previous period
Source of Basic Data Retail Price Survey (RPS) of Selected Commodities and Services for the Generation of Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority
Frequency of Release Monthly
Latest Available November 2021
Level of Disaggregation National, Regional, Provincial and Selected Cities
General Information
Statistical Laws and Other Legal Provisions Philippine Statistical System (PSS) Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) PSA Structure and Organization System of Designated Statistics Inventory of Statistical Standards in the Philippines Classification Systems
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