Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: March and February 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 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.6 1.6 -1.0 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.5
National Capital Region (NCR) 1.2 -0.3 2.0 -0.4 0.4 2.6 0.1 0.2 2.1 -1.6 0.8 -0.3 0.2 0.2
Areas Outside NCR 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.3 -0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.0 1.5 2.0 -4.2 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.2
I - Ilocos 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.3 -1.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2
II - Cagayan Valley 1.0 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 3.6 -0.7 0.4 0.1r 0.3 0.8
III - Central Luzon 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.2 -2.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.8
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 -0.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.4 -1.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7
V - Bicol 1.4 0.3 2.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 -2.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.6
VI - Western Visayas 1.3 1.1 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.2 7.5 0.4 1.5 0.8r 1.1 0.8
VII - Central Visayas 0.7 1.1 1.0 2.0 0.7 2.4 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1.1 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0.1 1.9 0.3 0.2 2.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.0
X - Northern Mindanao 0.6 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.2 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.2 -0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
XI - Davao 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 1.0 -0.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.5 2.9 1.6 -0.1 0.8r 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4
XIII - Caraga 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.4 0.3 0.8 1.5 3.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9r 0.6 1.0
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.5
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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: April 4, 2008
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