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Consumer Price Index for All Income Households by Commodity Group (2012=100)

Table ID: 2M4ACPI4

Indicator Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Definition The CPI is an indicator of the change in the average retail prices of a fixed basket of goods and services commonly purchased by households relative to a base year.
Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure Methodology in Rebasing the Consumer Price Index to Base Year 2012 and Adopting the Chain Method in the 2012-Based CPI
Source of Basic Data Retail Price Survey
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority
Frequency of Release Monthly
Latest Available December 2011
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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