Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                       11.2     11.8r     15.0     16.1r      4.9      4.8       5.3      5.2      10.7      8.5      10.2     12.1       3.7      3.5

 National Capital Region (NCR)     8.0      8.2      10.1     11.2       5.6      5.5       3.4      3.2      10.0      2.5      10.0     12.8       2.5      2.3

 Areas Outside NCR                12.6     13.5r     16.5     17.7r      4.8      4.6       6.7      6.7      11.2     11.7      10.4     11.7       4.0      3.9r
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 11.0     12.0      17.2     17.9       2.6      2.7       5.4      6.0       3.0      6.0       9.0     10.4       2.0      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                   11.3     12.2      16.3     17.4       2.6      2.5       3.7      3.1       5.5      6.8       8.7     10.0       2.9      3.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley           12.4     13.1      15.7     16.6       3.8      3.4       4.9      4.9      14.8     16.0       8.2      9.6       3.8      3.6
  III  - Central Luzon            12.6     13.8      14.1     15.9       3.6      3.7      16.9     16.6       8.4     11.0      11.4     12.2       4.7      4.3
 IV-a  - Calabarzon               10.4     10.8r     14.8     15.6r      3.6      3.5       2.3      2.5      10.6      7.3       9.7     11.5       2.8      2.9
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 11.4     13.0r     14.2     16.4r      3.4      3.5       9.5      9.6      13.4     15.2       7.7      8.8       3.4      3.3
    V  - Bicol                    11.4     12.6      14.6     16.3       3.5      3.4       5.0      4.8       7.1      7.4      12.3     13.6       3.3      3.2
   VI  - Western Visayas          13.9     14.6      18.6     19.7       3.8      3.6       4.2      3.7      17.8     18.9       9.7     10.6       5.9      5.8
  VII  - Central Visayas          13.5     14.9      18.4     20.2       9.7      9.3       2.1      2.1      10.1     11.6      11.2     12.9       5.2      5.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          18.2     19.2      23.7     25.0       6.2      5.8       7.1      7.0      17.0     18.9      14.3     15.6       4.6      4.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      17.1     17.1      21.6     21.0       8.8      8.9       8.6      8.4      12.6     15.8      14.1     16.3       5.4      5.2
    X  - Northern Mindanao        13.2     13.8      16.2     17.1       4.2      3.7      13.6     13.4      12.3     14.2       9.9     10.3       2.4      2.1
   XI  - Davao                    12.4     12.8      15.7     16.0       6.8      6.9       8.4      8.3      11.4     13.5      10.1     11.4       3.8      3.5
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             11.6     13.2      13.0     15.5       9.6      9.2      11.1      9.7      14.2     14.9       9.7     11.0       5.1      4.8
 XIII  - Caraga                   17.9     19.9      23.2     26.2       5.7      5.9      12.6     12.6      12.4     14.8      12.5     13.0       5.3      5.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     15.1     15.4      18.7     18.6       5.6      5.6       7.1      7.1      19.1     23.3       7.2      8.5       6.3      6.4

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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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