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
Page last updated: September 6, 2005
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