Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        6.4      5.4       8.2      6.8       3.6      3.4       3.1      2.8       6.2      4.6       6.4      5.9       2.4      2.1

 National Capital Region (NCR)     5.4      4.1       8.4      5.9       5.0      4.8       1.1      0.9       1.4     -0.6       7.9      7.1       1.1      0.9

 Areas Outside NCR                 6.8      6.0       8.1      7.1       3.0      2.9       4.9      4.3       8.9      7.4       5.5      5.2       2.8      2.5
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  5.5      4.7       7.6      6.2       2.3      2.2       2.1      2.1       5.7      5.2       5.2      4.8       1.1      1.0
    I  - Ilocos                    5.3      4.9       6.5      5.8       1.8      1.7       1.7      1.3      10.6     10.3       3.9      3.6       1.6      1.7
   II  - Cagayan Valley            6.6      4.7       7.1      4.8       2.3      2.4       2.5      2.4      15.2     10.6       5.4      4.9r      2.1      1.7
  III  - Central Luzon             8.5      7.6       8.1      6.9       2.6      2.1      16.9     16.9      11.8      9.1       5.6      5.5       2.6      2.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                5.4      4.8       7.6      6.8       2.6      2.9       1.7      1.1       4.3      3.6       5.1      4.9       2.6      2.6
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  6.9      6.1       8.5      7.2       2.5      2.7       5.4      5.1       7.5      8.5       4.9      4.6       2.2      2.0
    V  - Bicol                     6.7      5.2       9.5      6.7       2.8      2.4       2.0      2.0       4.5      4.9       4.6      4.0       2.4      2.4
   VI  - Western Visayas           7.5      6.2r      8.3      7.8       2.1      1.7       2.7      2.4      16.9      8.4       6.4      5.2r      4.3      3.5
  VII  - Central Visayas           6.4      5.4       7.5      6.0       5.4      4.8       0.8      0.7       8.5      8.4       8.0      7.5       3.3      2.7
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           7.3      6.1       9.1      7.2       2.6      2.2       3.2      3.0       9.9      9.8       5.1      4.9       1.8      1.8
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       8.4      8.6       9.8     10.6       6.0      4.0       5.1      4.9      11.4     11.0       5.7      5.2       4.2      4.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         7.4      7.0       8.5      8.4       3.6      3.6      10.9      7.3       6.8      8.2       4.6      4.4       1.5      1.4
   XI  - Davao                     6.4      5.5       8.4      6.9       4.0      3.5       2.4      2.4       8.6      7.8       4.5      4.2       2.6      2.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              7.3      6.7       8.4      7.8       4.7      3.4       6.2      3.2       7.5      8.7       7.3      6.9       2.7      1.9
 XIII  - Caraga                    8.7      7.6      10.3      8.8       3.1      2.8      10.2      8.6       8.4      8.0       5.2      5.3r      3.2      2.8
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao      6.7      7.4       7.0      8.3       4.8      4.7       3.0      2.4      10.4     10.8       6.7      6.4       6.2      5.6

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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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