Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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                         0.2      0.1       0.5      0.7       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.5     -2.4r      0.5      0.1       0.1      0.1  

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.1     -0.2       0.6      0.7       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0      -4.6     -4.9       0.6      0.1       0.0      0.1  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      0.3r      0.5      0.7       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.1     -0.9r      0.4      0.0       0.2      0.1  
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.5      0.6       0.6      1.6       0.1      0.0       0.5      0.0       0.2     -1.9       0.5     -0.1       0.0      0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.5      0.4       0.8      0.7       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.3       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.1  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.3      0.9       0.4      1.4       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.4      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.1  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.5      0.6       0.7      1.0       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       1.4     -0.3       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.4      0.1       0.8      0.8       0.1      0.2       0.3      0.1      -2.0     -2.7       0.5      0.1       0.2      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.8      1.0       1.2      1.8       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.7     -0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.1  
    V  - Bicol                      0.9      0.5       1.2      0.9       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.7      0.1       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.1  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.2      0.4       0.3      0.5       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.4      0.6       0.3      0.0       0.2      0.2  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.0       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.1  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.4      0.6       0.6      0.9       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.2       0.7      0.2       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.2  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.0      0.4      -0.2      0.6       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.5      0.1       0.9      0.0       0.2      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.2       0.4     -0.7       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0  
   XI  - Davao                      0.3     -0.1r      0.3      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.1       1.0     -4.0r      0.2      0.0       0.2      0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.2      0.0       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2     -0.2r      0.3      0.0       0.2      0.0  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.4      0.1       0.4      0.3       0.2      0.0       0.2      0.0       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.0       0.3      0.0 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.5      0.5      -0.7      0.8       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1  

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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 6, 2007

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