Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April and March 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 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.3 -0.7 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.2
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.6 2.6 -3.3 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.1
Areas Outside NCR 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.6 3.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2
I - Ilocos 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.7 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.5
II - Cagayan Valley 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.3
III - Central Luzon 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.4
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.1 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.2
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.6 0.1 0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2
V - Bicol 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4
VI - Western Visayas 1.0 0.4 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6r 0.1 0.3
VII - Central Visayas 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.3
IX - Western Mindanao 0.9 0.1 1.0 -0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.6 0.2
X - Northern Mindanao 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.3
XI - Southern Mindanao 1.2 0.5 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
XII - Central Mindanao 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.6
XIII - Caraga 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 1.4 0.5 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.6 0.1 1.2 1.0 2.4 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: May 5, 2005
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