Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August 2006 and July 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 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -1.0 2.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.1 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 -4.7 3.2 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.3
Areas Outside NCR 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1
I - Ilocos 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.3 1.2 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3
II - Cagayan Valley 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 5.8 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.9 0.4 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.7 1.6 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3
V - Bicol 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2
VI - Western Visayas 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.0 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.3 2.5 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.7 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.1
X - Northern Mindanao 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2
XI - Davao 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.3 0.1 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1
XIII - Caraga 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.1 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.1
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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: September 5, 2006
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