Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                       12.5     12.3r     17.2     17.8       4.6      4.5       5.0      4.6       7.2      5.5      13.5     12.5r      3.3      3.0

 National Capital Region (NCR)     8.7      8.6      11.9     13.1       5.5      5.3       3.1      2.9      -1.7     -4.5      15.5     15.6       2.4      1.9

 Areas Outside NCR                14.2     13.9      18.9     19.2       4.3      4.1       6.4      6.0      12.4     11.3      12.3     10.7r      3.7      3.4 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 12.8     11.9      19.4     18.3       2.7      2.5       5.9      5.8       6.4      5.4      11.2     10.0       2.0      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                   12.6     11.4      17.7     16.3       2.4      2.1       3.0      2.7       8.5      9.0      10.9      8.5       2.7      2.4
   II  - Cagayan Valley           14.5     14.2      18.2     17.7       3.2      3.2       4.7      6.0      20.5     19.6      10.3      9.3       3.1      2.8
  III  - Central Luzon            14.7     14.3      17.4     17.8       3.5      3.4      15.9     15.9      14.3     14.2      12.0      9.1       3.9      3.8  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon               10.8      9.3      16.0     14.2       3.3      3.0       2.6      2.5       4.0      2.6      12.2     10.0       2.7      2.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 14.8     14.2      19.7     18.9       3.2      3.6       9.4      9.4      15.9     15.7       9.4      8.5       3.0      2.7
    V  - Bicol                    13.4     13.7      17.5     18.6       3.1      3.3       4.6      4.2       9.4     10.2      14.3     12.7       2.9      2.8
   VI  - Western Visayas          14.8     14.4      19.6     20.4       3.5      3.1       3.7      3.0      21.1     16.5      11.3      9.9       5.6      5.1
  VII  - Central Visayas          15.4     14.9      20.7     20.1       7.9      7.4       1.9      1.9      13.8     12.4      14.2     14.2       4.6      4.4
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          21.0     20.0      27.6     27.0       5.3      4.9       6.9      5.7      20.9     19.0      16.6     15.1       3.8      3.4
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      19.4     20.3      24.3     26.0       8.7      8.3       8.3      7.2      17.9     18.6      17.8     18.0       5.0      4.7
    X  - Northern Mindanao        14.9     15.4r     18.9     20.7       3.1      3.4      13.5     13.6      14.8     12.0      10.8      9.3r      2.0      2.1
   XI  - Davao                    13.3     15.2      17.9     21.8       6.3      5.6       5.3      3.2      10.3     11.2      11.7     11.8       3.2      2.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             14.5     16.4      17.5     21.1       8.9      8.4       9.5      9.3      16.7     16.8r     12.0     11.7       4.6      4.3
 XIII  - Caraga                   22.1     22.2      29.6     30.6       5.9      5.3      12.4     11.0      19.0     17.0      12.9     11.1       4.9      4.3
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     16.2     16.8      19.8     21.2       5.4      5.0       7.1      5.1      24.6     23.5       8.8      8.9       6.3      6.0

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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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