Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 2007
          (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                         0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.6      0.1       0.4      0.4       0.1      0.1

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1       0.3     -0.1       0.6      0.6       0.1      0.0

Areas Outside NCR                   0.3      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.7      0.3r      0.3      0.3       0.2      0.1

Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.3      0.4r      0.4     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.3      3.8r      0.3      0.3       0.1      0.1
    I  - Ilocos                     0.3      0.5       0.1      0.7       0.0      0.4       0.1      0.0       1.7      0.9       0.4      0.3       0.0      0.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.0       1.4     -0.3       0.4      0.3       0.1      0.2
  III  - Central Luzon              0.4      0.1       0.5      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.7      0.2       0.4      0.2       0.0      0.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.0       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.3      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.2
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.1       0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.3       0.5      0.3       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.0
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.3      0.4       0.5      0.6       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2     -0.1       0.3      0.5       0.2      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.3      0.1       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.5      0.1       0.4      0.2       0.1      0.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2     -0.1       0.2     -0.3       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.4      0.3       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.1      0.8       0.0      1.0       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.5      2.4       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1      0.6      -0.1      0.9       0.1      0.7       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.5r      0.3      0.3       0.0      0.2
   XI  - Davao                      0.4      0.5       0.2      0.7       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       3.3      0.4       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.4      0.4r      0.6      0.7       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.3     -0.4r      0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.1      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.7       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.7      0.1       0.9     -0.1       0.3      0.7       0.1      0.1       0.7     -0.2       0.4      0.2       0.4      0.7

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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:  June 5, 2007

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