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

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.1      0.2       0.4     -0.2       0.5      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      3.1      -0.5     -0.4       0.3      0.2

Areas Outside NCR                   0.0      0.1       0.0      0.5       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -0.2     -0.7r      0.0     -0.3       0.1      0.2

Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  -0.4      0.2      -0.7      0.6       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.1     -1.0       0.0     -0.3       0.1      0.1
    I  - Ilocos                     0.0      0.0      -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.0       0.1     -0.1      -0.1     -2.1       0.2     -0.5       0.5      0.5
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.2      0.4       0.3      0.8       0.8      0.7       0.0      0.0      -0.2     -1.2       0.0     -0.2       0.1      0.3
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.1      0.1      -0.3      0.8       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0      -0.1     -1.7       0.1     -0.5       0.0      0.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.0      0.3       0.0      0.6       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0       0.3      0.5       0.0     -0.2       0.0      0.1
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.2       0.6      0.0       0.2      0.0      -0.9     -1.3      -0.1     -0.3       0.1      0.1
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.3       0.1      0.7       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.1     -1.1      -0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.2
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.1     -0.1       0.0     -0.1       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1      -2.2     -0.8      -0.1     -0.3       0.3      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2      0.0       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0      -0.1     -1.1      -0.2     -0.4       0.1      0.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.0      0.3       0.0      0.8       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.1      -0.1     -1.2      -0.1     -0.4       0.2      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.0      0.3       0.0      0.7       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      -0.1     -0.9       0.0     -0.4       0.1      0.2
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1      0.3       0.3      0.4       0.1      0.2       0.1     -0.1       0.1      1.1      -0.1     -0.2       0.2      0.1
   XI  - Davao                      0.1     -0.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0      -0.1     -1.9      -0.1     -0.4       0.2      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1     -0.3      -0.1     -0.4       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0      -0.6     -0.6r      0.8     -0.3       0.2      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                    -0.1     -0.1      -0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.2      -0.1     -0.7r     -0.1      0.1       0.1      0.3
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.1     -0.7       0.1     -1.2       0.0      0.3       0.4      0.1       0.0     -0.7r     -0.1     -0.4       0.7      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:  January 5, 2007

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