Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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      0.9      0.4       0.6       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.5       0.4      0.8       0.7      2.1       0.3      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      1.1      0.0       0.8       0.2      0.2       0.3      0.8       0.4     -0.4       0.6      2.7       0.2      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.5      0.7      0.6       0.6       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.3      1.5       0.9      1.7       0.3      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR - Cordillera Administrative   
          Region                    0.7      0.9      0.7       0.8       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.9      2.5       1.5      1.7       0.2      0.2 
    I - Ilocos                      0.6      1.5      0.3       0.9       0.3      0.3       0.5      0.3       0.7      4.3       1.9      3.7       0.7      0.5 
   II - Cagayan Valley              0.6      1.0      0.6       1.0       0.4      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.3      2.3       1.2      1.2       0.2      0.4 
  III - Central Luzon               0.3      0.6      0.3       0.4       0.1      0.3       0.4      0.0       0.5      2.3       0.3      1.4       0.1      0.0 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                  0.5      0.8      0.4       0.2       0.1      0.6       0.1      0.1       0.1      1.5       1.0      3.0       0.3      0.1 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                    0.8      1.1      1.0       1.6       0.5      0.3       0.0      0.3       0.7      0.2       1.3      1.0       0.3      0.6 
    V - Bicol                       0.8      1.1      1.0       1.1       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.8      1.7       0.6      2.0       0.8      0.2 
   VI - Western Visayas             0.5      0.6      0.6       0.7       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.2       0.3      1.3       0.5      0.6       0.0      0.4 
  VII - Central Visayas             0.7      0.7      0.9       0.7       0.5      0.2       0.2      0.7       0.3      0.2       0.8      1.1       0.3      0.1 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas             0.9      0.4      1.5       0.2       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.3      -0.1      1.1       0.3      0.7       0.0      0.1 
   IX - Western Mindanao            0.9      0.7r     0.6       0.9       0.5      0.0       0.8      0.0       2.6      0.8       1.9      0.8r      0.6      0.0 
    X - Northern Mindanao           0.2      0.6      0.2       0.5       0.1      0.3       0.5      0.0      -1.7      1.5       0.7      1.1       0.3      0.1 
   XI - Southern Mindanao           0.1      0.5     -0.3       0.4       0.3      0.6       0.4      0.0       0.5      0.8       0.6      0.7       0.2      0.3 
  XII - Central Mindanao            0.9      0.6      1.3       0.6       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.1       0.5      1.2       0.4      0.1 
 XIII - Caraga                      0.6      0.5      0.7       0.6       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.0       1.1      0.7       1.2      0.7       0.2      0.3
 ARMM - Autonomous Region		    
        in Muslim Mindanao          0.4      0.5      0.7       0.6       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.6       0.1      0.3

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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