Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April 2006 and March 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 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 -0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
Areas Outside NCR 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.1 -1.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 -1.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
I - Ilocos 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.7 -2.1 3.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.5
II - Cagayan Valley -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -2.2 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 -1.4 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.6 -0.9 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 -0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2
V - Bicol 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 -1.0 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
VI - Western Visayas 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.7 -2.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6
VII - Central Visayas 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 -0.7 -0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas -0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.0 2.3 -1.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula -0.5 0.3 -0.7 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 -1.5 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
X - Northern Mindanao 0.1 0.6r 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.4r 0.0 0.1 -1.0 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
XI - Davao 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.2 2.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.6
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 -0.7 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.3
XIII - Caraga -0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -1.1 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Economic Indices and Indicators Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: May 5, 2006
Related press release
| CPI/Inflation Rates statistics index