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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