Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2006 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                         0.7      0.3       0.7      0.3       0.3      0.3       0.9      0.2       1.4      2.1       0.3     -0.3       0.3      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.7      0.5       0.3      0.8       0.2      0.1       2.0      0.2       1.0      3.2       0.2     -0.6       0.5      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.6      0.2       0.9      0.2       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.2       1.7      1.4       0.3     -0.1       0.3      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.1      0.0       0.2     -0.7       0.3      0.5       0.1      0.4      -0.6      3.1       0.3     -0.2       0.2      0.2 
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.2       0.2      0.0       0.3      0.7       0.0      0.2      -0.4      1.7       0.7     -0.3       0.2      0.6 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.5      0.5       0.5      0.5       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1       1.4      1.5       0.3      0.4       0.3      0.3 
  III  - Central Luzon              0.7     -0.1       1.1      0.0       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.6      0.5       0.2     -0.4       0.3      0.0 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.8      0.1       0.8     -0.2       0.5      0.3       0.1      0.0       5.4      2.1      -0.1      0.0       0.3      0.2 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.7      0.2       1.0      0.2       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.1       1.0      0.8       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0 
    V  - Bicol                      0.7      0.3       0.9      0.2       0.5      0.2       0.1      0.3       1.6      1.3       0.4      0.0       0.3      0.2 
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.7      0.0       1.1     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.8      1.1       0.3     -0.1       0.1      0.2 
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.3      0.4       0.5      0.3       0.1      0.6       0.1      0.3       0.0      2.0       0.0     -0.1       0.0      0.3 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.5      0.4       0.7      0.5       0.3      0.1       0.3      0.3       0.9      0.3       0.3     -0.4       0.3      0.3 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.5      0.3       0.8      0.1       0.4      0.4       0.0      0.3       0.5      2.2       0.1      0.3       0.3      0.3 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.0      0.4       1.3      0.6       0.1      0.3       0.4      0.0       2.0      0.9       0.1     -0.4       0.2      0.1 
   XI  - Davao                      0.7      0.4       1.2      0.5       0.1      0.3       0.4      0.0       0.2      1.2       0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.7      0.1       0.9      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.8     -0.2       0.5     -0.4       0.3      0.1 
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.1      0.1       1.3     -0.2       0.4      0.3       0.2      0.1       1.4      0.5       0.6      0.7       0.6      0.2 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.2      0.8       1.3      1.0       0.2      0.7       0.8      0.1       0.5      0.9       1.9      0.9       0.6      0.2 

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  February 7, 2006

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