Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May 2006 and April 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 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 -1.5 -0.5 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.1
Areas Outside NCR 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 -1.1 -1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -1.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1
I - Ilocos 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.8 -1.6 -2.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
II - Cagayan Valley 0.4 -0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.0 -0.2 -2.2 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 -2.8 -1.4 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.2
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.3
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.8 -0.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1
V - Bicol 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.4 -1.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2
VI - Western Visayas 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.9r 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 0.8 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -0.7 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.3
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 0.8 -0.5 1.1 -0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -1.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.3
X - Northern Mindanao 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2r 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2
XI - Davao 0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.2
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.8 -1.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1
XIII - Caraga 0.7 -0.3 0.9 -0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.0 -1.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.2 -0.6 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 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: June 6, 2006
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