Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October 2006 and September 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     -0.1       0.5     -0.2       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.0      -0.4      0.5r     -0.6     -0.5       0.1      0.1   

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.3     -0.4       1.5     -0.6       0.2      0.7       0.2      0.0      -0.5     -0.3      -1.0     -0.9       0.0      0.1   

Areas Outside NCR                   0.0      0.1r      0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0      -0.4      0.9r     -0.4     -0.2       0.1      0.2   
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:							
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                  -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.4       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.1      -0.8      0.2      -0.4     -0.1       0.1      0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1     -0.3       0.1     -0.5       0.2      0.2       0.0     -0.1       0.5     -0.1      -0.4      0.0       0.4      0.3   
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.0      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.0      -0.8      0.5      -0.1     -0.1       0.3      0.1   
  III  - Central Luzon              0.0     -0.1       0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.2      -0.9      0.3r     -0.2     -0.2r      0.1      0.1   
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.1      0.4r      0.5      0.4       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.0      -0.5      3.2r     -0.5     -0.4       0.1      0.2   
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.4      0.4       0.8      0.5       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.0      -0.3      1.3      -0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1   
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.1       0.5      0.0       0.3      0.3       0.4      0.3       0.2      0.6      -0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.3   
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.1     -0.3       0.3     -0.6       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.4      0.4      -0.5     -0.2       0.1      0.1   
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.1      0.1       0.0     -0.1       0.4      0.2       0.0      0.1      -1.1      1.4r     -0.7     -0.1       0.1      0.2   
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2      0.1       0.6      0.2       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.2      -0.4     -0.2      -0.7     -0.1       0.2      0.2   
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.1     -0.3       0.1     -0.4       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0      -1.1      0.0r     -0.7     -0.4       0.2      0.3   
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.4     -0.1       0.9     -0.2       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.1      -0.6      0.1      -0.1      0.0r      0.0      0.2   
   XI  - Davao                     -0.4     -0.2      -0.4     -0.1       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.0      -0.6     -1.0      -0.6     -0.3       0.1      0.2   
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.3     -0.1      -0.4     -0.1       0.0      0.3       0.3      0.2      -0.1     -0.3      -0.6     -0.1       0.1      0.2   
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.1     -0.1       0.3     -0.2       0.1      0.3      -0.2      0.2       0.1     -0.2      -0.1      0.2       0.0      0.2    
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region			
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.5      0.0       0.8     -0.2       0.2      0.9       0.0      0.0      -0.2      0.6      -0.1      0.6       0.4      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:  November 7, 2006

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