Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and October 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      0.4       0.3      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.2       1.5      0.1       0.9      0.7       0.2      0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.6      0.2       0.7      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       2.2     -1.4       0.7      0.7       0.2      0.3 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.5      0.5       0.2      0.5       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.2       1.0      0.9       1.0      0.7       0.3      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR - Cordillera Administrative  
          Region                    0.5      1.0       0.4      1.5       0.1      0.2       0.3      0.7       1.8      0.3       0.4      0.8       0.1      0.3 
    I - Ilocos                      0.8      0.8       1.1      0.9       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.9       1.0      0.5       0.8      0.6       0.3      0.1 
   II - Cagayan Valley              0.6      0.5       0.3      0.7       0.0      0.2       1.9      0.0       1.3      0.0       0.6      0.4       0.1      0.2 
  III - Central Luzon               0.5      0.7       0.5      0.6       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.3       2.5      1.3       0.3      1.0       0.3      0.3 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                  0.7      0.5       0.7      0.5       0.0      0.4       0.1      0.4       1.6      0.4       1.2      0.5       0.2      0.3 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                    0.2      0.6       0.1      1.0       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       1.8      0.0       0.7      0.3       0.1      0.4 
    V - Bicol                       0.4      0.5       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.4       0.2      0.8       1.3      0.5r      0.4      1.2       0.3      0.5 
   VI - Western Visayas            -0.5      0.6      -0.4      0.3       0.2      1.1       0.0      0.0      -5.5      3.3       0.5      0.7       0.2      0.3 
  VII - Central Visayas             0.4      0.4       0.3      0.4       0.3      0.9       0.1      0.2       1.5      0.3       1.0      0.6       0.3      0.2 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas             0.6      0.3       0.6      0.4       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0       1.6      0.8       0.3      0.5       0.1      0.2 
   IX - Western Mindanao            0.4      0.3       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       1.7      0.4       0.7      0.6       0.3      0.3 
    X - Northern Mindanao           0.4      0.3       0.2     -0.1       0.3      0.3       0.2      0.2       1.9      0.6       0.4      1.5       0.5      0.2 
   XI - Southern Mindanao           0.8      0.2r     -0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.2       1.4      2.0r      4.8      0.7       0.2      0.2 
  XII - Central Mindanao           -0.2      0.1      -0.9     -0.3       0.5      0.3       0.0      0.0       1.2      0.7       1.3      1.1       0.2      0.3 
 XIII - Caraga                      0.2      0.3       0.0      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.3      0.3       1.0      0.8       0.2      0.1
 ARMM - Autonomous Region		   
        in Muslim Mindanao          0.3      0.4      -0.2     -0.1       0.8      1.5       0.1      0.1       2.1      2.2       2.3      1.5       0.5      0.9

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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