Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                       11.4      9.5r     16.5     13.6r      4.2      4.0       4.3      4.0       7.6      8.2       9.9      7.8       2.9      2.7

 National Capital Region (NCR)     9.2      8.3      14.1     12.7       5.2      5.2       2.6      2.3       3.4      6.6      12.8      9.9       1.9      1.7

 Areas Outside NCR                12.3     10.1r     17.3     13.9r      3.8      3.6       5.7      5.3       9.9      9.0r      8.2      6.6       3.3      3.0r 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 10.5      9.2      16.6     14.2       2.7      2.8       5.6      5.5       5.2      2.2       6.8      7.2       1.7      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                   10.4      9.0      15.4     13.1       1.9      1.7       2.6      2.4       6.5      7.5       6.9      4.7       2.2      2.2
   II  - Cagayan Valley           12.6     10.3      16.0     13.5       2.6      2.4       5.8      2.5      15.4     12.9       7.7      6.4       2.9      2.6
  III  - Central Luzon            12.8     11.6      15.4     13.5       3.3      3.0      16.1     18.0      11.8     11.4       8.2      6.6       3.5      3.2r 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                8.5      7.7      13.2     11.8       2.7      2.4       1.6      1.5       6.5      7.4       7.1      5.9       2.6      2.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 13.3     11.5      18.9     16.5       3.6      3.1       6.6      6.1      10.9      8.4       6.7      5.4       2.4      2.2
    V  - Bicol                    11.2      8.9r     15.7     13.2r      3.0      2.8       4.0      2.0       7.0      4.6       9.2      5.3       2.7      2.7
   VI  - Western Visayas          11.2      9.8r     15.4     13.1r      2.9      2.4       3.2      2.8      12.2     12.5       8.4      7.3       4.7      4.8
  VII  - Central Visayas          12.4     10.9      17.6     14.9       7.6      7.4       1.8      1.2       9.6      9.2       8.6      9.2       4.2      3.9
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          14.4     11.3      18.6     15.4       4.4      3.2       5.0      4.0      15.4     11.5      11.8      6.2       2.8      2.2
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      16.3     13.5      20.8     16.7       8.0      8.0       5.9      5.2      15.0     13.1      13.2     11.7       4.5      4.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao        14.0     11.3      19.4     15.3       3.1      3.1      13.3     12.0       8.9      8.2       7.5      5.5       1.7      1.3
   XI  - Davao                    14.8      9.5      22.2     14.0       5.6      5.1       2.9      2.5       9.9      7.3      10.1      5.2       2.8      2.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             18.9     12.2      27.1     15.9       7.9      7.2       8.9      7.5      11.9      9.5r      8.5      8.6       4.0      3.5
 XIII  - Caraga                   19.8     13.4      27.4     17.4       4.9      4.3      12.3     11.4      13.4     10.6       9.1      6.8       3.8      3.5
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     16.9     12.2r     22.2     15.5r      4.4      4.7       2.9      3.2      19.1     11.8       8.6      8.4       6.2      5.9

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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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