Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: September and August 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                         0.4      0.5       0.5      0.4       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2        0.1     0.4       0.7      0.7       0.3      0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.0       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.3       -1.4     0.4       0.7      0.6       0.3      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.5      0.5       0.5      0.6       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.2        0.9     0.3       0.7      0.9       0.3      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR - Cordillera Administrative   
          Region                    1.0      0.7       1.5      0.7       0.2      0.3       0.7      0.0        0.3     0.9       0.8      1.5       0.3      0.2 
    I - Ilocos                      0.8      0.6       0.9      0.3       0.3      0.3       0.9      0.5        0.5     0.7       0.6      1.9       0.1      0.7 
   II - Cagayan Valley              0.5      0.6       0.7      0.6       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.1        0.0     0.3       0.4      1.2       0.2      0.2 
  III - Central Luzon               0.7      0.3       0.6      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.4        1.3     0.5       1.0      0.3       0.3      0.1 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                  0.5      0.5       0.5      0.4       0.4      0.1       0.4      0.1        0.4     0.1       0.5      1.0       0.3      0.3 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                    0.6      0.8       1.0      1.0       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.0        0.0     0.7       0.3      1.3       0.4      0.3 
    V - Bicol                       0.5      0.8       0.4      1.0       0.4      0.3       0.8      0.2        0.6     0.8       1.2      0.6       0.5      0.8 
   VI - Western Visayas             0.6      0.5       0.3      0.6       1.1      0.1       0.0      0.0        3.3     0.3       0.7      0.5       0.3      0.0 
  VII - Central Visayas             0.4      0.7       0.4      0.9       0.9      0.5       0.2      0.2        0.3     0.3       0.6      0.8       0.2      0.3 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas             0.3      0.9       0.4      1.5       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.0        0.8    -0.1       0.5      0.3       0.2      0.0 
   IX - Western Mindanao            0.3      0.9       0.4      0.6       0.0      0.5       0.0      0.8        0.4     2.6       0.6      1.9       0.3      0.6 
    X - Northern Mindanao           0.3      0.2      -0.1      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.5        0.6    -1.7       1.5      0.7       0.2      0.3 
   XI - Southern Mindanao           0.1      0.1      -0.2     -0.3       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.4        1.7     0.5       0.7      0.6       0.2      0.2 
  XII - Central Mindanao            0.1      0.8r     -0.3      1.3       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.0        0.7    -0.2r      1.1      0.5       0.3      0.4 
 XIII - Caraga                      0.3      0.6       0.2      0.7       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1        0.3     1.1       0.8      1.2       0.1      0.2
 ARMM - Autonomous Region		    
        in Muslim Mindanao          0.4      0.4      -0.1      0.7       1.5      0.0       0.1      0.0        2.2     0.2       1.5      0.3       0.9      0.1

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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