Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 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 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.6 0.2 1.1 0.3 0.3
Areas Outside NCR 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 1.2 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.0 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.1
I - Ilocos 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.7 2.2 1.7 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.4
II - Cagayan Valley 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.1
IV-b - Mimaropa 1.1 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2
V - Bicol 0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
VI - Western Visayas 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 0.4 0.6r 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.1
IX - Western Mindanao 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.6
X - Northern Mindanao 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 3.7 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.2
XI - Southern Mindanao 0.6 1.2 0.6 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5
XII - Central Mindanao 1.0 0.8 1.6 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.1
XIII - Caraga 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.6 0.7 1.2 0.2 2.4
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Source: National Statistics Office
Page last updated: June 7, 2005
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