Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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     -0.4      -0.4      -0.2      0.2      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.5     -1.4      -1.2     -1.2       0.2      0.2    

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.3     -0.6      -0.5       0.1      0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       2.4     -0.8      -1.9     -2.3       0.2      0.0    

Areas Outside NCR                  -0.4     -0.3r     -0.5      -0.2      0.2      0.4       0.2      0.3      -0.5     -1.6      -0.9     -0.5       0.2      0.3   
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                  -0.4     -0.2       0.0       0.3      0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1      -2.7     -2.2      -0.9     -0.9       0.0      0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.3      0.1      -0.2       0.5      0.2      0.1       0.6      0.1      -0.9     -1.3      -1.0     -0.7       0.1      0.3   
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.3     -0.3      -0.3       0.0      0.3      0.3       0.1      0.2      -0.7     -3.5      -1.0     -0.5       0.2      0.6   
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.5     -0.3      -0.8      -0.2      0.0      0.3       0.3      0.6      -1.0     -3.2      -0.5      0.2       0.3      0.4   
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.0      0.2       0.1       0.7      0.2      0.3       0.1      0.1       1.1     -0.5      -1.2     -0.6       0.1      0.4   
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.6     -0.6r     -0.7      -1.0r     0.0      0.4       0.0      0.3      -0.9     -0.6      -0.7     -0.5       0.2      0.4   
    V  - Bicol                     -0.3     -0.2      -0.3      -0.1      0.2      0.3       0.2      0.3       0.4     -1.7      -0.7     -0.4       0.3      0.4   
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.4      0.2      -0.6       0.6      0.3      0.1       0.4      0.1      -0.6     -1.2      -0.5     -0.7       0.2      0.5   
  VII  - Central Visayas           -1.1     -0.2      -1.5      -0.1      0.6      1.4       0.1      0.1      -1.1     -1.9      -1.3     -1.0       0.2      0.5   
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           -0.4     -0.9      -0.4      -1.2      0.4      0.5       0.1      0.3      -0.9     -1.4      -0.9     -0.8       0.6      0.4   
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.1     -1.6       0.3      -2.1      0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -2.3     -1.7      -1.1     -1.2       0.3      0.5   
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.4     -0.8      -0.5      -1.3      0.5      0.5       0.1      0.1      -1.3     -1.2      -0.2     -0.4       0.3      0.1   
   XI  - Davao                     -0.2     -0.5       0.1      -1.4      0.2      0.8       0.1      2.9      -1.2     -1.2      -0.9     -0.3       0.4      0.5   
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -1.1     -1.2      -1.9      -1.7      0.4      0.3       1.3      0.2      -0.6     -1.7      -0.8     -0.9       0.4      0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                    -1.4     -1.6      -2.0      -2.3      0.0      0.0       0.1      0.2      -1.7     -3.4      -0.3      0.1       0.5      0.4r
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.7     -0.2      -0.7      -0.2      0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      -3.2     -0.9      -1.0     -0.1       0.0      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:  November 5, 2008

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