Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: June and May 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                        2.3       1.5       3.0      2.2r      0.3      0.2       0.5      0.3       0.3      0.7       4.0      1.3       0.3      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)      1.6       1.1       1.7      1.7       0.1      0.1       0.4      0.0      -2.5      0.3       4.7      2.0       0.2      0.2  

Areas Outside NCR                  2.6       1.6r      3.3      2.3r      0.4      0.3       0.6      0.4       1.8      0.9 r     3.5      1.0       0.3      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  1.7       2.4       2.6      3.0       0.0      0.1       0.1      2.1       3.4      2.8       1.1      1.9       0.1      0.5  
    I  - Ilocos                    2.0       1.3       2.5      2.2       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.4       1.2     -0.8       3.0      0.8       0.1      0.3  
   II  - Cagayan Valley            2.6       1.9       2.7      2.9       0.2      0.1       3.2      0.1       3.3     -0.9       3.1      0.8       0.4      0.4  
  III  - Central Luzon             1.8       1.7       2.1      2.6       0.5      0.2       0.3      1.0       1.1      1.5       3.4      0.7       0.4      0.4 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                1.3       0.9       1.5      1.3       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.1      -0.2      0.6       3.1      0.9       0.1      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  2.0       1.5       2.2      2.3       0.7      0.5       0.5      0.1       3.1      0.6       3.6      0.6       0.2      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                     2.4       1.2r      2.3      1.7r      0.2      0.1       2.1      0.1       2.8      1.3       4.2      0.9       0.2      0.2  
   VI  - Western Visayas           1.9       0.9r      2.3      1.2r      0.4      0.3       0.5      0.1       2.0      0.9       2.7      0.9       0.3      0.3  
  VII  - Central Visayas           2.6       1.2       2.8      1.6       0.2      0.1       0.7      0.2       2.2      0.8       4.6      1.1       0.3      0.1  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           3.2       1.4       3.0      1.9       1.1      0.2       0.9      0.6       4.6      1.2       6.6      0.6       0.7      0.2  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       2.9       4.6       3.7      5.8       0.2      1.3       0.8      0.1       2.4      4.5       2.8      5.3       0.2      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao         3.3       2.6       4.7      4.3       0.2      0.2       1.2      0.6       1.1      0.8       3.4      0.9       0.4      0.0  
   XI  - Davao                     5.3       1.4       7.1      2.2       0.7      0.4       0.5      0.0       3.2      1.1       6.6      0.6       0.2      0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              6.9       1.7      10.4      2.3r      0.6      0.5       1.3      1.0       2.6      0.5 r     2.9      1.1       0.6      0.3  
 XIII  - Caraga                    6.3       3.2       8.8      4.7       0.6      0.9       1.0      0.8       3.8      2.3       4.1      0.8       0.4      0.2  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao      5.0       3.8r      6.7      5.6r      0.3      0.8       0.7      0.1       7.3      1.1       1.4      1.5       0.4      0.7  

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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:  July 4, 2008

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