Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2005 and December 2004
          (2000 = 100)

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                                    All Items    | Food, Beverages, |    Clothing      |     Housing      |    Fuel, Light,  |     Services     |  Miscellaneous
Area and Region                                  |   and Tobacco    |                  |   and Repairs    |     and Water    |                  |
                                Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous
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Philippines                         0.7      0.7       0.7      1.0       0.3      0.3       1.0      0.1       2.6      1.7       0.1      0.4       0.3      0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.1      1.0      -0.3      2.7       0.2      0.4       2.0      0.0       8.4      0.0      -0.4      0.4       0.3      0.3 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.6      0.6       1.0      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.2      0.2      -0.4      2.5       0.3      0.4       0.3      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                    0.7      0.6       1.3      0.7       0.0      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.3      1.6       0.0      0.3       0.3      0.3 
    I - Ilocos                      1.0      0.7       1.8      0.4       0.4      0.6       0.5      0.1      -1.0      4.5       0.1      0.5       0.4      0.7 
   II - Cagayan Valley              0.5      0.5       0.9      0.6       0.4      0.0       0.1      0.0      -0.8      0.7       0.0      0.6       0.0      0.1 
  III - Central Luzon               1.1      1.1       2.1      1.8       0.5      0.3       0.2      0.2      -1.7      1.5       0.3      0.4       0.4      0.4 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                  0.5      0.6       0.9      0.5       0.3      0.0       0.2      0.0      -0.1      3.0       0.3      0.4       0.3      0.0 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                    0.5      0.7       0.4      0.9       1.0      0.7       0.2      0.2       0.6      1.9       1.3      0.4       0.4      0.3 
    V - Bicol                       0.3      0.6       0.5      0.7       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0      -0.6      3.4       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.3 
   VI - Western Visayas             0.7      0.1       1.0      0.0       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.1      -0.1      0.4       0.5      0.2       0.4      0.1 
  VII - Central Visayas             0.2      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.5      0.2       0.2     -0.1       0.1      0.5      -0.2      0.8       0.2      0.2 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas             0.2      0.3       0.4      0.3       0.0      0.3       0.3      0.0      -0.4      1.7       0.1      0.4       0.0      0.2 
   IX - Western Mindanao            0.7     -0.1       1.2     -0.6       0.4      0.0       0.0      0.8       0.1      1.3       0.1      0.5       0.4      0.2 
    X - Northern Mindanao           0.6      0.5       0.6     -0.2       0.5      0.1       0.2      0.0       1.7      6.6       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.3 
   XI - Southern Mindanao           0.4      0.4       0.8      0.2       0.7      0.6       0.1      0.1      -1.1      3.5r      0.0      0.3       0.4      0.2 
  XII - Central Mindanao            0.7      0.7       1.3      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.1      -1.0      7.6       0.1      0.3       0.3      0.1 
 XIII - Caraga                      0.7      0.1       1.0     -0.3       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.9      1.7       0.5      0.7       0.3      0.0 
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
        in Muslim Mindanao          1.6      0.2       1.6     -0.2       0.7      0.3       0.4      3.2       1.7      0.1       4.2      0.4       0.3      0.2 

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  February 4, 2005

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