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

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      0.3      -0.2      1.5       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.2       3.1     -0.5      -0.4     -1.0       0.2      0.0   

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

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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:  December 5, 2006

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