Table 8. Year-on-Year 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 8.5 8.5 6.9 7.0 3.7 3.8 4.8 4.8 20.1 19.7 14.3 14.5r 3.5 3.2
National Capital Region (NCR) 8.6 8.9 3.9 4.6 3.3 3.4 6.3 6.1 32.5 32.0 13.5 13.6 3.2 2.9
Areas Outside NCR 8.3 8.4 7.8 7.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.8 14.3 13.8 14.8 14.9r 3.5 3.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 7.8 7.1 8.9 7.6 3.5 3.0 3.7 4.0 17.3 16.4 7.8 7.6 4.3 3.7
I - I l o c o s 9.9 10.5 9.7 10.6 5.1 5.2 4.5 6.0 17.7 15.6 14.4 14.5 5.8 5.3
II - Cagayan Valley 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.9 2.3 2.1 0.8 1.3 15.7 14.3 13.1 12.2 1.6 1.3
III - Central Luzon 7.8 8.2 6.5 7.0 4.7 4.9 1.6 1.5 12.9 13.1 17.3 18.0 3.7 3.8
IV-a - Calabarzon 7.9 7.9 5.8 6.1 2.7 3.1 4.4 4.1 12.5 11.9 17.3 17.5 3.4 3.1
IV-b - Mimaropa 8.1 7.4 8.6 7.6 4.9 5.0 3.0 3.2 10.6 10.7 14.3 13.9 2.4 2.4
V - B i c o l 6.9 7.0 6.1 6.3 3.4 3.1 2.2 2.3 16.6 17.4 12.3 12.4 3.0 2.9
VI - Western Visayas 9.4 9.0 9.4 8.5 2.4 2.2 9.0 8.8 10.1 10.9 14.0 13.8 2.6 2.5
VII - Central Visayas 7.2 7.1r 7.9 8.3 4.5 4.0 1.9 1.8 9.3 8.8 11.1 10.4r 2.6 2.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.8 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.3 11.0 10.1 12.8 12.4 1.3 1.2
IX - Western Mindanao 9.4 9.7 9.3 9.8 2.4 2.8 4.3 4.2 17.8 16.4 14.6 16.3 3.9 3.4
X - Northern Mindanao 9.3 9.0 9.0 8.7 3.4 3.8 1.5 1.9 26.3 22.3 14.2 14.2 3.0 3.0
XI - Southern Mindanao 10.6 11.0 10.1 10.9 8.4 8.3 4.7 5.2 19.1 18.7 16.2 15.8 5.7 5.4
XII - Central Mindanao 7.9 7.4 8.3 6.9 4.1 4.3 0.8 1.7 20.1 19.8 10.3 10.4 3.4 3.6
XIII - Caraga 10.4 10.2 11.0 10.1 2.6 2.8 5.8 7.6 17.7 17.8 14.6 15.1 2.4 2.6
ARMM - Autonomous Region in
in Muslim Mindanao 10.0 9.7 10.4 9.6 5.9 5.7 6.5 9.3 10.6 10.7 15.9 15.1 7.1 7.0
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Source: National Statistics Office
Page last updated: June 7, 2005
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