Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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 0.3 1.6r 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.0 3.1 0.4 0.2
National Capital Region (NCR) 0.1 1.0 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 3.7 0.6 0.0
Areas Outside NCR 0.4 1.8 0.1 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 2.1 1.6 2.7 0.3 0.3
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.3 1.4 3.2 0.3 0.1
I - Ilocos 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.7 2.4 2.0 0.5 0.3
II - Cagayan Valley 0.6 1.6 0.6 1.7 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 3.6 1.1 2.0 0.3 0.1
III - Central Luzon 0.6 1.9 0.1 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.8 1.7 0.2 0.3
IV-a - Calabarzon 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.1 1.0 -0.5 1.0 2.0 2.9 0.2 0.2
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.4 4.5 0.9 2.0 0.4 0.4
V - Bicol -0.2 2.3 -0.8 2.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 -0.7 3.1 1.6 3.8 0.2 0.2
VI - Western Visayas 0.9 3.1 0.3 4.8 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 5.8 2.4 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.4
VII - Central Visayas 0.5 2.4 0.7 2.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.9 0.1 5.4 0.2 0.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.9 5.3 0.6 7.4 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.4 3.7 1.5 3.8 0.3 0.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula -0.5 3.5 -1.3 4.1 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.8 1.1 3.2 0.1 4.4 0.4 0.3
X - Northern Mindanao -0.3 1.5 -1.5 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.4 3.4 1.6 2.2r 0.0 0.4
XI - Davao -1.5 0.3 -3.2 0.1 0.8 0.4 2.1 0.3 0.3 -1.7 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.3
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN -1.5 -1.8 -2.8 -4.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 -0.4 3.5r 0.4 3.5 0.3 0.3
XIII - Caraga 0.0 2.3 -0.8 2.7 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.8 1.6 3.6 1.7 2.1 0.6 0.6
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao -0.1 0.4r -0.5 -0.4r 0.5 0.7 1.9 2.1 1.1 3.8 0.1 2.2 0.3 0.1
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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: September 5, 2008
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