Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                       12.2     11.4      17.8     16.5       4.5      4.2       4.6      4.3       5.5      7.6      12.4      9.9       3.0      2.9

 National Capital Region (NCR)     8.6      9.2      13.1     14.1       5.3      5.2       2.9      2.6      -4.5      3.4      15.6     12.8       1.9      1.9

 Areas Outside NCR                13.9     12.3      19.2     17.3       4.1      3.8       6.0      5.7      11.3      9.9      10.6      8.2       3.4      3.3 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 11.9     10.5      18.3     16.6       2.5      2.7       5.8      5.6       5.4      5.2      10.0      6.8       1.7      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                   11.4     10.4      16.3     15.4       2.1      1.9       2.7      2.6       9.0      6.5       8.5      6.9       2.4      2.2
   II  - Cagayan Valley           14.2     12.6      17.7     16.0       3.2      2.6       6.0      5.8      19.6     15.4       9.3      7.7       2.8      2.9
  III  - Central Luzon            14.3     12.8      17.8     15.4       3.4      3.3      15.9     16.1      14.2     11.8       9.1      8.2       3.8      3.5  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                9.3      8.5      14.2     13.2       3.0      2.7       2.5      1.6       2.6      6.5      10.0      7.1       2.5      2.6
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 14.2     13.3      18.9     18.9       3.6      3.6       9.4      6.6      15.7     10.9       8.5      6.7       2.7      2.4
    V  - Bicol                    13.7     11.2      18.6     15.7       3.3      3.0       4.2      4.0      10.2      7.0      12.7      9.2       2.8      2.7
   VI  - Western Visayas          14.4     11.2      20.4     15.4       3.1      2.9       3.0      3.2      16.5     12.2       9.9      8.4       5.1      4.7
  VII  - Central Visayas          14.9     12.4      20.1     17.6       7.4      7.6       1.9      1.8      12.4      9.6      14.2      8.6       4.4      4.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          20.0     14.2      27.0     18.6       4.9      4.4       5.7      5.0      19.0     15.4      15.1     11.2r      3.4      2.8
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      20.3     16.3      26.0     20.8       8.3      8.0       7.2      5.9      18.6     15.0      18.0     13.2       4.7      4.5
    X  - Northern Mindanao        15.3     14.0      20.7     19.4       3.4      3.1      13.6     13.3      12.0      8.9       9.0      7.5       2.1      1.7
   XI  - Davao                    15.2     14.8      21.8     22.2       5.6      5.6       3.2      2.9      11.2      9.4r     11.8     10.1       2.8      2.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             16.4     18.9      21.1     27.1       8.4      7.9       9.3      8.9      16.7     11.8r     11.7      8.5       4.3      4.0
 XIII  - Caraga                   22.2     19.8      30.6     27.4       5.3      4.9      11.0     12.3      17.0     13.4      11.1      9.1       4.3      3.8
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     17.2     16.9      21.8     22.2       5.0      4.4       5.1      2.9      23.5     19.1       8.9      8.6       6.0      6.2

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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