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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