Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: November and October 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                        -0.6     -0.4      -0.3     -0.4       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -1.1      0.5      -2.0     -1.2       0.2      0.2   

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.7     -0.3      -0.2     -0.5       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.4      2.4      -3.4     -1.9       0.2      0.2   

Areas Outside NCR                  -0.5     -0.4      -0.3     -0.5       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.2      -2.4     -0.5      -1.2     -0.9       0.3      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                  -0.9     -0.3      -0.7      0.0       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.0      -4.3     -2.2      -1.4     -0.9       0.2      0.0 
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.7     -0.3      -0.6     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.6      -3.1     -0.9      -1.2     -1.0       0.4      0.1  
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.5     -0.3      -0.1     -0.3       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      -3.4     -0.7      -1.3     -1.0       0.2      0.2  
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.6     -0.5      -0.3     -0.8       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.3      -3.8     -1.0      -1.0     -0.5       0.2      0.3  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.3      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1      -0.4      1.1      -1.6     -1.2       0.2      0.1  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -1.5     -0.6      -2.2     -0.7       0.4      0.0       0.0      0.0      -2.7     -0.9      -1.1     -0.7       0.5      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                     -0.6     -0.3      -0.5     -0.3       0.2      0.2       0.5      0.2      -3.5      0.4      -0.7     -0.7       0.5      0.3  
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.3     -0.4      -0.1     -0.6       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.4      -2.7     -0.6      -0.3     -0.5       0.3      0.2  
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.9     -1.1      -0.7     -1.5       0.5      0.6       0.0      0.1      -2.3     -1.1      -2.0     -1.3       0.3      0.2  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           -0.8     -0.4      -0.5     -0.4       0.1      0.4       0.0      0.1      -3.6     -0.9      -1.4     -0.9       0.2      0.6  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -1.5     -0.1      -1.5      0.3       0.5      0.2       0.1      0.1      -4.5     -2.3      -1.6     -1.1       0.4      0.3  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.0     -0.4       0.4     -0.5       0.2      0.5       0.0      0.1       0.0     -1.3      -1.3     -0.2       0.2      0.3  
   XI  - Davao                     -0.9     -0.2      -0.5      0.1       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1      -4.5     -1.2      -1.3     -0.9       0.3      0.4  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1     -1.1       0.4     -1.9       0.4      0.4       0.1      1.3      -0.2     -0.7      -0.9     -0.8       0.7      0.4 
 XIII  - Caraga                    -0.7     -1.4      -0.8     -2.0       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.1      -2.5     -1.7      -0.5     -0.3       0.0      0.5
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.6     -0.7       1.2     -0.7       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0      -2.3     -3.2      -1.1     -1.0       0.1      0.0  

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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:  December 5, 2008

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