Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April and March 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                        8.3      6.4      11.4      8.2       3.9      3.6       3.8      3.1       8.0      6.2       6.9      6.4       2.6      2.4

 National Capital Region (NCR)     7.4      5.4      11.1      8.4       5.2      5.0       2.5      1.1       6.6      1.4       8.5      7.9       1.6      1.1

 Areas Outside NCR                 8.7      6.8      11.5      8.1       3.4      3.0       4.9      4.9       8.8      8.9       5.9      5.5       3.0      2.8
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  6.9      5.5      11.3      7.6       2.9      2.3       3.5      2.1      -0.2      5.7       5.6      5.2       1.3      1.1
    I  - Ilocos                    7.9      5.3      10.9      6.5       1.6      1.8       2.0      1.7      10.2     10.6       4.2      3.9       1.9      1.6
   II  - Cagayan Valley            8.6      6.6      10.4      7.1       2.4      2.3       2.5      2.5      15.4     15.2       6.0      5.4       2.3      2.1
  III  - Central Luzon            10.1      8.5      11.1      8.1       2.8      2.6      16.9     16.9      10.6     11.8       6.2      5.6       3.4      2.6
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                7.0      5.4      10.4      7.6       2.6      2.6       1.6      1.7       7.1      4.3       5.5      5.1       2.6      2.6
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 10.2      6.9      14.2      8.5       2.8      2.5       5.9      5.4       7.8      7.5       5.2      4.9       2.2      2.2
    V  - Bicol                     7.8      6.7      11.5      9.5       2.9      2.8       1.9      2.0       3.8      4.5       4.7      4.6       2.7      2.4
   VI  - Western Visayas           9.2      7.5      12.3      8.3       2.3      2.1       2.7      2.7      11.7     16.9       6.7      6.4       4.6      4.3
  VII  - Central Visayas           9.9      6.4      13.5      7.5       7.2      5.4       1.0      0.8       8.7      8.5       8.5      8.0       3.9      3.3
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          10.0      7.3      13.5      9.1       3.0      2.6       3.4      3.2      10.6      9.9       5.9      5.1       2.1      1.8
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       8.6      8.4      10.3      9.8       6.8      6.0       5.1      5.1       8.7     11.4       6.4      5.7       4.5      4.2
    X  - Northern Mindanao         8.6      7.4      10.5      8.5       3.0      3.6      11.9     10.9       7.5      6.8       4.9      4.6       1.3      1.5
   XI  - Davao                     8.4      6.4      11.8      8.4       4.9      4.0       2.6      2.4       9.6      8.6       4.8      4.5       2.8      2.6
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             10.8      7.4r     13.9      8.4       6.7      4.7       6.4      6.2       9.6      8.1r      7.8      7.3       3.2      2.7
 XIII  - Caraga                   10.0      8.7      12.3     10.3       3.4      3.1      10.6     10.2       8.3      8.4       6.1      5.2       3.3      3.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao      8.9      6.7      10.4      7.0       4.2      4.8       3.2      3.0      11.4     10.4       7.2      6.7       5.6      6.2

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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:  May 6, 2008

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