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

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