Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: March 2006 and February 2005
          (2000 = 100)

==================================================================================================================================================================
                                    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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philippines                         0.4      1.0       0.2      1.0       0.2      0.4       0.8      0.7       0.4      2.9       0.3      1.0       0.3      0.4  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      1.2      -0.3      1.0       0.6      0.6       0.6      1.0       0.7      3.5       0.4      0.9       0.5      0.5  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      1.0       0.3      1.0       0.2      0.3       1.1      0.5       0.2      2.6r      0.2      1.0       0.3      0.4  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                   0.0      0.9      -0.2      0.3       0.3      0.3       0.0      1.1       0.7      5.0       0.1      0.5       0.1      0.4 
    I  - Ilocos                     0.7      0.5       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.3       1.7      0.6       3.3      2.8       0.4      0.6       0.5      0.4  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.2      0.8       0.2      0.9       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.7      1.8r      0.3      0.8       0.2      0.4  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      1.3       0.2      1.3       0.2      0.2       0.8      1.0      -0.1      3.0       0.1      0.6       0.3      0.7  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.5      1.0       0.2      0.7       0.2      0.6       2.6      0.1      -0.1      2.4       0.1      1.6       0.5      0.3  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.5      0.5       0.8      0.5       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.7       0.4      0.5       0.2      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.7       0.2      0.5       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.5       1.4      2.2r      0.3      0.6       0.3      0.5  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.1      0.6       0.2      0.4       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.3      -2.3      3.2       0.3      0.5       0.6      0.5  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.5      1.1       0.8      1.5       0.2      0.2       0.6      0.4      -0.4      2.0       0.1      0.4       0.2      0.1  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.5      0.8       0.2      1.1       0.7      0.5       2.3      0.4       0.4      1.1       0.4      0.7       0.3      0.3  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.3      1.4       0.3      1.5       0.4      0.4       0.3      0.7       0.1      2.3       0.3      1.5       0.3      0.8  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.7      1.2       0.9      1.3       1.0      0.1       0.1      0.2       1.0      2.2       0.2      1.1r      0.4      0.7  
   XI  - Davao                      0.6      1.2       0.4      1.6       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2       2.8      1.9       0.8      1.4       0.6      0.3  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.5      1.0       0.8      0.9       0.2      0.3      -0.1      0.3      -0.7      4.2       0.7      0.9       0.3      0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.4      1.3       0.3      1.7       0.4      0.2      -0.1      0.0       1.0      2.8       0.2      0.5       0.5      0.2   
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region			
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.9      2.0       0.9      2.8       0.1      0.9       1.8      0.9       0.6      1.5       0.2      0.2       0.5      0.5 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Page last updated:  April 5, 2006

Related press release | CPI/Inflation Rates statistics index