Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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                         0.1      0.8       0.4      0.5       0.2      0.1r      0.0      0.2      -1.1      3.6r      0.1      0.7       0.1      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.0      1.5       0.8      1.0       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0      -2.8      8.7       0.2      1.2       0.1      0.0  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.4       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.1r      0.1      0.3      -0.1      0.8r      0.1      0.4       0.1      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 	
           Region                   0.4      0.1       0.8     -0.1       0.0      0.2r      0.0      0.0       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.1  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.4       0.1      0.5       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.4     -0.6       0.1      0.6       0.2      0.2  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       1.4      0.0      -0.1     -0.1       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.1  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.3      0.5       0.5      0.5       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.9       0.3      0.0       0.1      0.9       0.1      0.1  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.1      0.8       0.1      0.5       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      -1.8      4.8       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.4  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.2      0.5       0.4      0.7       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.2      0.1  
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.2       0.2      0.6       0.1      0.1  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.7      0.2       0.9      0.5       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.5       1.7     -1.4       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1      -0.8      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1      -0.2      0.6       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.2      0.0       0.0     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.6       1.7      0.0       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1      0.3       0.1      0.4       0.4      0.0       0.2      0.0      -0.1      0.5       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.0  
   XI  - Davao                      0.1      0.0r     -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.4       0.1      0.0       1.2     -3.3r      0.2      0.2       0.1      0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1      0.3       0.1      0.4       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.0     -0.9r      0.2      0.5       0.0      0.0  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.1      0.3r      0.0      0.1      -0.1      0.1       0.1      1.9      -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.5      0.5       0.7      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1       0.2      1.9       0.0      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:  September 5, 2007

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