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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