Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: February and January 2005
          (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                         0.2      0.7       0.2      0.7       0.2      0.3       0.7      1.0      -0.3      2.6       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      1.1      -0.4     -0.3       0.2      0.2       1.2      2.0      -0.7      8.4       0.2     -0.4       0.3      0.3 

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

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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:  March 4, 2005

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