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
         
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