Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: February 2006 and January 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                         1.0      0.7      1.0       0.7       0.4      0.3       0.7      0.9      2.9       1.4       1.0      0.6r      0.4      0.3 

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.2      1.0r     1.0       0.3       0.6      0.2       1.0      2.0      3.5       1.0       0.9      1.5r      0.5      0.5 

Areas Outside NCR                   1.0      0.7r     1.0       0.9       0.3      0.3       0.5      0.1      2.4       1.7       1.0      0.2r      0.4      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                   0.9      0.1      0.3       0.2       0.3      0.3       1.1      0.1      5.0      -0.6       0.5      0.3       0.4      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                     0.5      0.1      0.1       0.2       0.3      0.3       0.6      0.0      2.8      -0.5r      0.6      0.7       0.4      0.2 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.8      0.5      0.9       0.5       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0      1.7       1.4       0.8      0.4r      0.4      0.3 
  III  - Central Luzon              1.3      0.7      1.3       1.1       0.2      0.2       1.0      0.1      3.0       0.6       0.6      0.1r      0.7      0.3 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.0      0.8      0.7       0.8       0.6      0.5       0.1      0.1      2.4       5.4       1.6     -0.1       0.3      0.3 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.5      0.7      0.5       1.0       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.1      0.7       1.0       0.5      0.2       0.2      0.1 
    V  - Bicol                      0.7      0.7      0.5       0.9       0.3      0.5       0.5      0.1      1.7       1.6       0.6      0.4       0.5      0.3 
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.6      0.7      0.4       1.1       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.0      3.2       0.8       0.5      0.3       0.5      0.1 
  VII  - Central Visayas            1.1      0.3      1.5       0.5       0.2      0.1       0.4      0.1      2.0       0.0       0.4      0.0       0.1      0.0 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.8      0.6r     1.1       0.7       0.5      0.3       0.4      0.3      1.1       0.9       0.7      0.3       0.3      0.3 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        1.4      0.5      1.5       0.8       0.4      0.4       0.7      0.0      2.3       0.5       1.5      0.1       0.8      0.3 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.2      1.0      1.3       1.3       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.4      2.2       2.0       1.2      0.1       0.7      0.2 
   XI  - Davao                      1.2      0.7      1.6       1.2       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.4      1.9       0.2       1.4      0.2       0.3      0.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.0      0.7      0.9       0.9       0.3      0.3       0.3      0.3      4.2       0.8       0.9      0.5       0.2      0.3 
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.3      1.1      1.7       1.3       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.2      2.8       1.4       0.5      0.6       0.2      0.6  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region			
           in Muslim Mindanao       2.0      1.2      2.8       1.3       0.9      0.2       0.9      0.8      1.5       0.5       0.2      1.9       0.5      0.6

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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:  March 7, 2006

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