Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: June 2006 and May 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                         0.7      0.2       0.4      0.4       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1       1.1     -1.2       1.9      0.8       0.1      0.2

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.0      0.2       0.6      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       1.9     -1.5       2.5      1.2       0.0      0.1

Areas Outside NCR                   0.6      0.2       0.4      0.4       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.7     -1.1       1.6      0.6       0.2      0.2

Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   1.0      0.4       1.2      0.9       0.1      0.2       0.3      0.0       1.1     -1.2       1.7      0.4       0.1      0.0
    I  - Ilocos                     0.5      0.1       0.4      0.1       0.2      0.5       0.6      0.1      -0.2     -1.6       1.3      0.6       0.3      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.5      0.4       0.1      0.3       0.4      0.6       0.0      0.5       2.1     -0.2       2.2      0.7       0.2      0.1
  III  - Central Luzon              0.4      0.1      -0.1      0.4       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.0      -0.3     -2.8       1.9      0.6       0.2      0.3
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.6      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.6      0.1       0.4     -1.3       1.6      0.6       0.3      0.0
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.5      0.3       0.5      0.5       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.2       0.6     -0.8       0.9      0.5       0.3      0.2
    V  - Bicol                      0.6      0.1       0.3      0.2       0.4      0.3       0.4      0.2       1.4     -0.4       1.2      0.5       0.2      0.2
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.9      0.5       0.9      0.6       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.7     -0.1       2.4      0.5       0.4      0.3
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.4      0.8       0.0      1.3       0.3      0.4       0.1      0.0       1.1     -1.1       1.6      0.6       0.2      0.3
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.7      0.0       0.4      0.0       0.4      0.2       0.1      0.0       1.7     -0.9       1.8      0.8       0.2      0.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        1.0      0.8       1.0      1.1       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0       1.8     -0.4       1.6      1.0       0.2      0.3
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.7      0.3       0.5      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.2      0.1       1.1     -0.3       2.2      0.6r      0.3      0.2
   XI  - Davao                      0.6      0.1       0.3     -0.1       0.6      0.1       0.2      0.1       1.2     -0.2       1.3      0.6       0.3      0.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.1      0.2       0.8      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.6     -0.8       1.8      0.6       0.3      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.4      0.7       0.2      0.9       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.3      2.0       1.7      0.6       0.1      0.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.6      0.6       0.6      0.7       0.5      0.2       0.3      1.3       0.8     -0.6       1.0      0.8       0.2      0.3

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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:  July 5, 2006

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