Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: December and November 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                        6.6      7.1       5.6      6.3       3.1      3.2       4.2      4.1      14.8     14.4r     10.1     10.9       3.0      3.1

 National Capital Region (NCR)     7.4      8.0       4.1      6.0       1.6      2.0       6.4      6.3      19.1     15.4      11.3     12.3       2.6      2.7

 Areas Outside NCR                 6.4      6.8       6.1      6.4       3.7      3.6       2.6      2.6      12.6     13.9r      9.4     10.0       3.2      3.3
 
Regions:
 CAR -  Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  7.5      8.1       6.8      8.4       2.9      2.6       4.2      3.9      21.9     20.1       9.1      9.7       3.5      3.7
    I  - I l o c o s               9.0      9.6       8.6      9.0       3.8      3.7       4.2      4.1      19.9     23.2      11.3     12.1       5.4      5.5
   II  - Cagayan Valley            6.3      6.3       5.7      5.7       2.8      2.5       2.8      2.8      16.7     15.8       9.1      9.3       2.5      2.3
  III  - Central Luzon             5.8      7.1       5.1      7.0       3.5      3.8       2.4      2.4      12.2     13.4       8.6      9.5       2.7      3.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                6.0      6.6       4.7      5.5       2.9      2.5       2.3      2.3      10.9     11.9      12.1     12.5       2.5      2.3
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  6.9      7.5       7.8      8.4       5.3      5.5       1.9      2.1      10.3     11.6       9.6      9.9       3.6      3.9
    V  - B i c o l                 5.9      6.3       5.6      6.1       3.8      3.7       3.0      2.7      11.2     13.5       8.0      8.2       3.6      3.7
   VI  - Western Visayas           6.3      6.3       7.5      7.6       3.2      3.2       2.5      2.6       8.6      7.9       6.7      7.0       2.8      2.7
  VII  - Central Visayas           6.3      6.1       6.3      6.2       5.1      4.7       3.5      3.1      12.6     11.0       7.5      8.4       2.9      2.9
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           6.2      6.2       7.6      7.2       3.2      3.4       2.5      2.2      11.2     12.7       4.2      5.0       2.0      1.9
   IX  - Western Mindanao          6.6      6.2       6.0      5.3       3.3      2.9       1.9      2.3      15.8     14.8      10.3     10.5       4.2      4.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         6.3      6.4       5.8      5.0       2.4      2.1       2.7      2.7      15.2     21.7       7.9      8.7       3.4      3.6
   XI  - Southern Mindanao         6.3      6.3r      5.1      4.8       6.5      6.8       1.5      1.6      12.9     15.4r     11.5     12.1       4.1      4.0
  XII  - Central Mindanao          5.8      6.4       6.5      6.4       3.9      4.0       0.3      0.3       8.3     16.7       7.3      8.1       3.4      3.4
  XIII - Caraga                    6.5      6.5       6.0      5.8       2.2      2.0       3.3      3.5      15.2     16.6       9.7      9.7       3.0      2.8
  ARMM - Autonomous Region in
          in Muslim Mindanao       9.1      8.5       9.2      7.8       6.2      5.8       3.0      6.3      15.5     14.5      15.7     15.1       6.8      6.9

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Source:  National Statistics Office
         
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