Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: March and February 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 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 -0.7 -0.3 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.2 -3.3 -0.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Areas Outside NCR 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 -0.1 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.1 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7
I - Ilocos 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 -2.1 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.3
II - Cagayan Valley 0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 -0.7 0.7 -0.1 0.3 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.3
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3
V - Bicol 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.0 -0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3
VI - Western Visayas 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 -0.1 1.8 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.3r 0.3 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 -0.5 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0
IX - Western Mindanao 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2
X - Northern Mindanao 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
XI - Southern Mindanao 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7
XII - Central Mindanao 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.7
XIII - Caraga 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.9 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.7
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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: April 5, 2005
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