Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: February and January 2008
          (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      1.2      0.6       1.4       1.3      0.9       0.6      1.3      -1.0      0.9       0.1      0.5       0.5      0.5 

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.3      0.6     -0.4       0.7       2.6      1.6       0.2      0.1      -1.6      1.1      -0.3      0.6       0.2      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.6      1.4      0.8       1.7       0.8      0.6       0.9      2.2      -0.7      0.8       0.4      0.4       0.6      0.5 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.2      0.7      0.4       1.0       0.9      0.4       1.5      0.0      -4.2      1.2       1.0      0.4       0.2      0.1 
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.9      0.3       1.3       0.2      0.3       0.9      0.2      -1.6      1.5       0.0      0.2       0.2      0.3 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.0      1.2     -0.1       1.6       1.4      0.3       0.1      0.8      -0.7      1.8       0.2      0.2       0.8      0.1 
  III  - Central Luzon              0.5      2.5      0.9       1.3       0.6      0.6       0.5     12.9      -2.0      0.5       0.5      0.6       0.8      1.0 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.4      0.9      0.7       1.8       0.7      0.2       0.1      0.0      -0.9      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.6      0.2 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.5      0.9      0.2       0.8       0.5      0.3       1.4      2.7       0.7      0.8       0.2      0.3       0.7      0.4 
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      1.0      0.7       1.4       0.5      0.4       0.4      0.9      -2.5      0.7       0.4      0.2       0.6      0.3 
   VI  - Western Visayas            1.1      0.9      1.3       1.4       0.9      0.3       1.2      0.1       0.4      1.6       0.7      0.2       0.8      0.4 
  VII  - Central Visayas            1.1      1.3      2.0       1.8       2.4      0.8       0.1      0.3      -0.1      1.2      -0.2      0.6       0.4      0.7 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.9      1.2      0.9       1.6       0.8      0.7       1.1      1.3       0.6      0.8       1.0      0.4       0.6      0.3 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.4      3.1      0.1       4.7       0.3      2.2       2.7      1.3      -0.1     -0.2       0.2      0.6       1.0      1.1 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.5      1.0      1.5       1.2       0.9      0.7       5.4      0.8      -0.4      1.4       0.2      0.3       0.5      0.5 
   XI  - Davao                      0.8      1.1      0.9       2.0       0.6      0.2       1.0      0.9       2.0     -1.1       0.3      0.1       0.5      0.1 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.8      1.8      0.9       2.0       0.5      2.5       1.6      1.0       0.9      4.1r      0.4      0.6       0.4      0.8 
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.4      2.1      1.4       3.1       0.8      1.3       3.6      1.0       0.1      0.8       1.0      0.8       1.0      0.6 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.5      1.7      0.4       2.0       0.9      0.9       0.1      0.9       0.8      2.2       0.5      0.3       1.5      1.2 

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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:  March 5, 2008

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