Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: September 2006 and August 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      0.8       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.3       0.0     -1.0      -0.5      0.4       0.1      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.4      0.1      -0.6      1.2       0.7      0.0       0.0      0.2      -0.3     -4.7      -0.9      0.5       0.1      0.0  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.0      0.5      -0.1      0.6       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.4       0.2      1.2      -0.2      0.3       0.2      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                   0.2      0.2       0.4      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.5      -0.1      0.3       0.2      0.1 
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.3      1.1      -0.5      1.8       0.2      0.2      -0.1      0.1      -0.1      1.2       0.0      0.4       0.3      0.2  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.2      0.9       0.2      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.0      5.8       0.5      1.2      -0.1      0.6       0.1      0.0  
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.1      0.9      -0.2      1.3       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      1.7      -0.1      0.3r      0.1      0.2  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.1      0.6       0.4      0.8       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0      -0.2      1.3      -0.4      0.3       0.2      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.4      0.4       0.5      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       1.3      1.9      -0.1      0.7       0.1      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.4       0.0      0.4       0.3      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.6      0.5      -0.2      0.3       0.3      0.2  
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.3      0.3      -0.6      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.4      1.0      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.2      -0.1      0.0       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.1       1.3      2.3      -0.1      0.2       0.2      0.2  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.7       0.2      0.6       0.4      0.1       0.2      1.0      -0.2      1.6      -0.1      0.4       0.2      0.1  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.3      0.3      -0.4      0.3       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.1      1.0      -0.4      0.4       0.3      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.1      0.3      -0.2      0.2       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.7       0.1      0.4       0.2      0.2  
   XI  - Davao                     -0.2      0.3      -0.1     -0.1       0.4      0.4       0.0      1.3      -1.0      1.5      -0.3      0.3       0.2      0.1  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.1      0.2      -0.1      0.2       0.3      0.0       0.2      0.4      -0.3     -0.1      -0.1      0.3       0.2      0.1  
 XIII  - Caraga                    -0.1      0.2      -0.2      0.1       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.5      -0.2      0.8       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1   
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region			
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.0      0.3      -0.2      0.4       0.9      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.6      1.1       0.6      0.0       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:  October 5, 2006

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