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