Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2008 and December 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                         1.2      0.8      1.4       0.9       0.9      0.1       1.3      0.1       0.9      2.8       0.5      0.4       0.5      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.6      1.0      0.7       1.6       1.6      0.1       0.1      0.1       1.1      2.5       0.6      0.5       0.2      0.1 

Areas Outside NCR                   1.4      0.7      1.7       0.8       0.6      0.1       2.2      0.1       0.8      2.9       0.4      0.4       0.5      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.7      0.7      1.0       1.1       0.4      0.0       0.0      0.0       1.2      1.7       0.4      0.3       0.1      0.1 
    I  - Ilocos                     0.9      0.7      1.3       0.4       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.0       1.5      4.2       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.2 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             1.2      1.1      1.6       1.2       0.3      0.2       0.8      0.0       1.8      3.8       0.2      0.6       0.1      0.0 
  III  - Central Luzon              2.5      0.6      1.3       0.4       0.6      0.0      12.9      0.0       0.5      4.2       0.6      0.2       1.0      0.0 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.9      0.7      1.8       0.7       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      3.6       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.2 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.9      0.7      0.8       1.0       0.3      0.3       2.7      0.0       0.8      2.4       0.3      0.3       0.4      0.0 
    V  - Bicol                      1.0      0.8      1.4       0.9       0.4      0.2       0.9      0.1       0.7      2.1       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.2 
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.9      0.6      1.4       0.7       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.1       1.6      1.0       0.2      0.4       0.4      0.5 
  VII  - Central Visayas            1.3      0.2      1.8      -0.1       0.8      0.5       0.3      0.0       1.2      2.8       0.6      0.2       0.7      0.7 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            1.2      1.4      1.6       1.8       0.7      0.2       1.3      0.1       0.8      2.6       0.4      0.5       0.3      0.3 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        3.1      1.1      4.7       1.5       2.2      0.2       1.3      0.1      -0.2      2.3       0.6      0.5       1.1      0.2 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.0      1.2      1.2       2.0       0.7      0.1       0.8      0.0       1.4      1.7       0.3      0.4       0.5      0.0 
   XI  - Davao                      1.1      1.0      2.0       1.5       0.2      0.4       0.9      0.0      -1.1      1.9r      0.1      0.3       0.1      0.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.6      0.9      2.0       0.9       2.5      0.1       1.0      0.5       1.8      2.0r      0.6      0.6       0.8      0.2 
 XIII  - Caraga                     2.1      1.3      3.1       1.5       1.3      0.1       1.0      1.2       0.8      2.7       0.8      0.6       0.6      0.5 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.7      0.4      2.0       0.4       0.9      0.1       0.9      0.1       2.2      1.9       0.3      0.3       1.2      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:  February 5, 2008

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