Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: July and June 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                         1.5      2.3       1.6      3.0       0.3      0.3       0.5      0.5       1.5      0.3       3.1      4.0       0.2      0.3  

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.0      1.6       0.1      1.7       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.4       0.3     -2.5       3.7      4.7       0.0      0.2  
								    
Areas Outside NCR                   1.8      2.6       2.0      3.3       0.4      0.4       0.6      0.6       2.1      1.8       2.7      3.5       0.3      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:						   
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative  
           Region                   1.3      1.7       1.4      2.6       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1       0.3      3.4       3.2      1.1       0.1      0.1
    I  - Ilocos                     1.2      2.0       1.3      2.5       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.2       1.7      1.2       2.0      3.0       0.3      0.1 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             1.6      2.6       1.7      2.7       0.7      0.2       0.2      3.2       3.6      3.3       2.0      3.1       0.1      0.4 
  III  - Central Luzon            	1.9      1.8       2.5      2.1       0.2      0.5       0.7      0.3       2.1      1.1       1.7      3.4       0.3      0.4 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.5      1.3       1.4      1.5       0.6      0.5       1.0      0.1       1.0     -0.2       2.9      3.1       0.2      0.1 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   1.4      2.0       0.7      2.2       0.2      0.7       2.7      0.5       4.5      3.1       2.0      3.6       0.4      0.2 
    V  - Bicol                      2.3      2.4       2.6      2.3       0.3      0.2       0.2      2.1       3.1      2.8       3.8      4.2       0.2      0.2 
   VI  - Western Visayas            3.1      1.9       4.8      2.3       0.2      0.4       0.4      0.5       2.4      2.0       1.5      2.7       0.4      0.3 
  VII  - Central Visayas            2.4      2.6       2.4      2.8       0.1      0.2       0.3      0.7       2.9      2.2       5.4      4.6       0.2      0.3 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            5.3      3.0       7.4      3.0       0.5      1.1       0.8      0.9       3.7      4.6       3.8      6.1r      0.6      0.7 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        3.5      2.9       4.1      3.7       0.4      0.2       1.8      0.8       3.2      2.4       4.4      2.8       0.3      0.2 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.5      3.3       1.5      4.7       0.2      0.2       0.3      1.2       3.4      1.1       1.9      3.4       0.4      0.4 
   XI  - Davao                      0.3      5.3       0.1      7.1       0.4      0.7       0.3      0.5      -1.7      2.7r      1.7      6.6       0.3      0.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -1.8      6.9      -4.3     10.4       0.5      0.6       0.4      1.3       3.4      2.5r      3.5      2.9       0.3      0.6
 XIII  - Caraga                     2.3      6.3       2.7      8.8       0.5      0.6       0.8      1.0       3.6      3.8       2.1      4.1       0.6      0.4
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region			       		   			  		    	     		   		    
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.7      5.0       0.1      6.7       0.7      0.3       2.1      0.7       3.8      7.3       2.2      1.4       0.1      0.4 

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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:  August 5, 2008

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