Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April 2006 and March 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                         0.1      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 

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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:  May 5, 2006

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