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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