Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                       11.9     12.5      16.2     17.2       4.8      4.6       5.2      5.0       8.5      7.4r     12.1     13.5       3.5      3.3

 National Capital Region (NCR)     8.2      8.7      11.2     11.9       5.5      5.5       3.2      3.1       2.5     -1.7      12.8     15.5       2.3      2.4

 Areas Outside NCR                13.6     14.2      17.8     18.9       4.6      4.3       6.7      6.4      11.7     12.6r     11.7     12.3       4.0      3.7
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 12.0     12.8      17.9     19.4       2.7      2.7       6.0      5.9       6.0      6.4      10.4     11.2       2.0      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                   12.2     12.6      17.4     17.7       2.5      2.4       3.1      3.0       6.8      8.5      10.0     10.9       3.0      2.7
   II  - Cagayan Valley           13.1     14.5      16.6     18.2       3.4      3.2       4.9      4.7      16.0     20.5       9.6     10.3       3.6      3.1
  III  - Central Luzon            13.8     14.7      15.9     17.4       3.7      3.5      16.6     15.9      11.0     14.3      12.2     12.0       4.3      3.9
 IV-a  - Calabarzon               10.9     10.9      15.9     16.0       3.5      3.3       2.5      2.6       7.3      4.9r     11.5     12.2       2.9      2.7
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 13.1     14.8      16.6     19.7       3.5      3.2       9.6      9.4      15.2     15.9       8.8      9.4       3.3      3.0
    V  - Bicol                    12.6     13.4      16.3     17.5       3.4      3.1       4.8      4.6       7.4      9.4      13.6     14.3       3.2      2.9
   VI  - Western Visayas          14.6     14.8      19.7     19.6       3.6      3.5       3.7      3.7      18.9     21.1      10.6     11.3       5.8      5.6
  VII  - Central Visayas          14.9     15.4      20.2     20.7       9.3      7.9       2.1      1.9      11.6     13.8      12.9     14.2       5.1      4.6
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          19.2     21.0      25.0     27.6       5.8      5.3       7.0      6.9      18.9     20.9      15.6     16.6       4.0      3.8
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      17.1     19.4      21.0     24.3       8.9      8.7       8.4      8.3      15.8     17.9      16.3     17.8       5.2      5.0
    X  - Northern Mindanao        13.8     14.9      17.1     18.9       3.7      3.1      13.4     13.5      14.2     14.8      10.3     10.8       2.1      2.0
   XI  - Davao                    12.8     13.3      16.0     17.9       6.9      6.3       8.3      5.3      13.5     10.3      11.4     11.7       3.5      3.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             13.2     14.5      15.5     17.5       9.2      8.9       9.7      9.5      14.9     16.6r     11.0     12.0       4.8      4.6
 XIII  - Caraga                   19.9     22.1      26.2     29.6       5.9      5.9      12.6     12.4      14.8     19.0      13.0     12.9       5.2      4.9
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     15.4     16.2      18.6     19.8       5.6      5.4       7.1      7.1      23.3     24.6       8.5      8.8       6.4      6.3

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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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