Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        5.4      4.9       6.8      5.9       3.4      2.3       2.8      2.3       4.6      5.5       5.9      5.4       2.1      1.6

 National Capital Region (NCR)     4.1      3.9       5.9      5.4       4.8      2.4       0.9      0.8      -0.6      1.0       7.1      7.0       0.9      0.7

 Areas Outside NCR                 6.0      5.3       7.1      6.2       2.9      2.2       4.3      3.6       7.4      8.1r      5.2      4.5       2.5      1.9
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  4.7      4.3       6.2      5.4       2.2      1.5       2.1      0.6       5.2     11.4       4.8      3.5       1.0      0.9
    I  - Ilocos                    4.9      4.5       5.8      5.0       1.7      1.5       1.3      0.7      10.3     11.0       3.6      3.3       1.7      1.6
   II  - Cagayan Valley            4.8      4.5       4.8      4.5       2.4      0.9       2.4      2.4      10.6     11.1       5.0      4.4       1.7      1.0
  III  - Central Luzon             7.6      6.7       6.9      5.2       2.1      1.6      16.9     17.1       9.1     10.7       5.5      4.9       2.2      1.6
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                4.8      4.2       6.8      5.5       2.9      2.5       1.1      0.9       3.6      4.6       4.9      4.4       2.6      2.0
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  6.1      5.5       7.2      6.9       2.7      2.4       5.1      3.7       8.5      7.6       4.6      4.2       2.0      1.3
    V  - Bicol                     5.2      5.0       6.7      6.4       2.4      2.0       2.0      1.8       4.9      7.4       4.0      3.5       2.4      1.9
   VI  - Western Visayas           6.1      5.1       7.8      6.5       1.7      1.0       2.4      1.1       8.4      8.2       5.1      4.1       3.5      2.9
  VII  - Central Visayas           5.4      4.4       6.0      4.4       4.8      2.6       0.7      0.5       8.4      8.4       7.5      7.3       2.7      2.5
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           6.1      5.5       7.2      6.5       2.2      1.4       3.0      2.9       9.8      8.5       4.9      4.0       1.8      1.3
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       8.6      8.5r     10.6     11.2r      4.0      3.8       4.9      2.1      11.0     10.8       5.2      4.6       4.1      3.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         7.0      5.7       8.4      7.2       3.6      2.8       7.3      1.8       8.2      9.7       4.4      4.0       1.4      1.1
   XI  - Davao                     5.5      5.2       6.9      7.2       3.5      3.1       2.4      1.3       7.8      5.3       4.2      3.6       2.2      1.7
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              6.7      6.3r      7.8      7.8       3.4      2.9       3.2      1.6       8.7      8.3r      6.9      6.2       1.9      1.7
 XIII  - Caraga                    7.6      6.6       8.8      8.0       2.8      2.4       8.6      4.8       8.0      8.0       5.4      4.3       2.8      2.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao      7.4      7.6       8.3      9.2       4.7      4.7       2.4      2.3      10.8      9.4       6.4      5.8       5.6      4.3

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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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