Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: December and December 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                         0.3      0.8       0.3      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.2      0.1       2.1      4.0r     -0.3      1.2       0.2      0.3

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.5      0.7       0.8      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.0       3.2      3.5      -0.6      0.6       0.2      0.2

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.9       0.2      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.2      0.2       1.4      4.4r     -0.1      1.6       0.2      0.3

Regions:
  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                    0.0      1.0      -0.7      0.7       0.5      0.4       0.4      1.4       3.1      4.5      -0.2      0.6r      0.2      0.3
    I - Ilocos                      0.2      1.0       0.0      0.4       0.7      0.3       0.2      0.0       1.7      8.6      -0.3      0.9       0.6      0.3
   II - Cagayan Valley              0.5      0.9       0.5      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.1       1.5      6.4       0.4      1.0       0.3      0.2
  III - Central Luzon              -0.1      1.4       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.3       0.5      4.6      -0.4      4.2       0.0      0.3
 IV-a - Calabarzon                  0.1      1.1      -0.2      1.0       0.3      0.6       0.0      0.0       2.1      3.8       0.0      1.3       0.2      0.1
 IV-b - Mimaropa                    0.2      0.7       0.2      0.0       0.5      0.7       0.1      0.3       0.8      4.0       0.1      2.2       0.0      0.3
    V - Bicol                       0.3      0.7       0.2      0.6       0.2      0.3       0.3      0.2       1.3      2.8       0.0      0.5       0.2      0.3
   VI - Western Visayas             0.0      0.5      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1       1.1      2.8      -0.1      0.7       0.2      0.3
  VII - Central Visayas             0.4      0.9       0.3      0.4       0.6      0.4       0.3      0.0       2.0      6.9      -0.1      1.4       0.3      0.3
 VIII - Eastern Visayas             0.4      1.3       0.5      1.2       0.1      0.9       0.3      0.2       0.3      4.7      -0.4      0.8       0.3      0.7
   IX - Western Mindanao            0.3      0.6       0.1      0.2       0.4      0.4       0.3      0.0       2.2      4.0       0.3      1.2       0.3      0.3
    X - Northern Mindanao           0.4      0.7       0.6      0.2       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.5       0.9      3.3      -0.4      1.2       0.1      0.8
   XI - Southern Mindanao           0.4      0.3r      0.5      0.0       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.1       1.2      1.8r     -0.2      0.8       0.2      0.2
  XII - Central Mindanao            0.1      0.6       0.2     -0.2       0.1      1.5       0.1      0.0      -0.2      4.9      -0.4      1.4       0.1      0.4
 XIII - Caraga                      0.1      1.1      -0.2      0.8       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.5      4.8       0.7      1.3       0.2      0.5
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
        in Muslim Mindanao          0.8      0.7       1.0      0.3       0.7      0.6       0.1      0.2       0.9      4.3       0.9      0.7       0.2      0.6

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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