Table 8. Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 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 9.6 8.3 13.7 11.4 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 8.2 8.0 7.8 6.9 2.7 2.6
National Capital Region (NCR) 8.3 7.4 12.7 11.1 5.2 5.2 2.3 2.5 6.6 6.6 9.9 8.5 1.7 1.6
Areas Outside NCR 10.2 8.7 14.1 11.5 3.6 3.4 5.3 4.9 9.1 8.8 6.6 5.9 3.0 2.9r
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 9.2 6.9 14.2 11.3 2.8 2.9 5.5 3.5 2.2 -0.2 7.2 5.6 1.7 1.3
I - Ilocos 9.0 7.9 13.1 10.9 1.7 1.6 2.4 2.0 7.5 10.2 4.7 4.2 2.2 1.9
II - Cagayan Valley 10.3 8.6 13.5 10.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 12.9 15.4 6.4 6.0 2.6 2.3
III - Central Luzon 11.6 10.1 13.5 11.1 3.0 2.8 18.0 16.9 11.4 10.6 6.6 6.2 3.2 2.8r
IV-a - Calabarzon 7.7 7.0 11.8 10.4 2.4 2.6 1.5 1.6 7.4 7.1 5.9 5.5 2.5 2.6
IV-b - Mimaropa 11.5 10.2 16.5 14.2 3.1 2.8 6.1 5.9 8.4 7.8 5.4 5.2 2.2 2.2
V - Bicol 9.0 7.8 13.3 11.5 2.8 2.9 2.0 1.9 4.6 3.8 5.3 4.7 2.7 2.7
VI - Western Visayas 10.3 9.2 14.0 12.3 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.7 12.5 11.7 7.3 6.7 4.8 4.6
VII - Central Visayas 10.9 9.9 14.9 13.5 7.4 7.2 1.2 1.0 9.2 8.7 9.2 8.5 3.9 3.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 11.3 10.0 15.4 13.5 3.2 3.0 4.0 3.4 11.5 10.6 6.2 5.9 2.2 2.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 13.5 8.6 16.7 10.3 8.0 6.8 5.2 5.1 13.1 8.7 11.7 6.4 4.4 4.5
X - Northern Mindanao 11.3 8.6 15.3 10.5 3.1 3.0 12.0 11.6 8.2 7.5 5.5 4.9 1.3 1.3
XI - Davao 9.5 8.4 14.0 11.8 5.1 4.9 2.5 2.6 7.3 9.6 5.2 4.8 2.8 2.8
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 12.2 10.8r 15.9 13.9 7.2 6.7 7.5 6.4 10.0 9.5r 8.6 7.8 3.5 3.2
XIII - Caraga 13.4 10.0 17.4 12.3 4.3 3.4 11.4 10.6 10.6 8.3 6.8 6.1 3.5 3.3
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 12.4 8.9 15.8 10.4 4.7 4.2 3.2 3.2 11.8 11.4 8.4 7.2 5.9 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: June 5, 2008
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