Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        9.9     11.2      13.8     15.0       4.9      4.9       5.3      5.3       7.5     10.7       7.5     10.2       3.8      3.7

 National Capital Region (NCR)     6.8      8.0       9.3     10.1       5.6      5.6       3.3      3.4      10.5     10.0       5.6     10.0       2.8      2.5

 Areas Outside NCR                11.2     12.6      15.2     16.5       4.8      4.8       6.7      6.7       5.9     11.2       8.6     10.4       4.2      4.0 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  9.6     11.1      15.8     17.2       2.8      2.6       5.4      5.4      -2.6      3.5       7.2      9.0       2.0      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                   10.0     11.3      14.9     16.3       2.6      2.6       4.1      3.7       1.5      5.5       6.9      8.7       3.3      2.9
   II  - Cagayan Valley           11.3     12.4      15.2     15.7       3.8      3.8       4.9      4.9       7.3     14.8       6.5      8.2       3.9      3.8
  III  - Central Luzon            11.0     12.6      12.8     14.1       3.8      3.6      16.9     16.9       0.9      8.4       9.9     11.4       4.8      4.7
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                9.4     10.4      14.3     14.8       3.6      3.6       2.2      2.3       8.2     10.6       7.3      9.7       2.9      2.8
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  9.2     11.4      11.2     14.2       3.8      3.4       9.0      9.5       7.7     13.4       6.3      7.7       3.8      3.4
    V  - Bicol                     9.7     11.4      12.4     14.6       3.3      3.5       5.5      5.0       1.7      7.1      11.2     12.3       3.6      3.3
   VI  - Western Visayas          13.0     13.9      18.0     18.6       3.9      3.8       4.2      4.2      12.6     17.8       9.1      9.7       6.0      5.9
  VII  - Central Visayas          11.5     13.5      16.4     18.4      10.2      9.7       2.1      2.1       4.8     10.1       8.6     11.2       5.1      5.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          16.5     18.2      22.2     23.7       6.0      6.2       7.0      7.1      10.1     17.0      12.3     14.3       4.5      4.6
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      13.2     17.1      16.7     21.6       8.8      8.8       8.7      8.6       4.4     12.6      11.9     14.1       5.5      5.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao        12.5     13.2      15.8     16.2       4.2      4.2      13.4     13.6      10.7     12.3       8.1      9.9       2.5      2.4
   XI  - Davao                    10.4     12.4      14.6     15.7       6.5      6.8       8.3      8.4      -0.9     11.4       8.3     10.1       4.0      3.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             11.5     11.6      13.4     13.0       9.9      9.6      11.1     11.1      12.2     14.2       8.2      9.7       5.6      5.1
 XIII  - Caraga                   16.2     17.9      20.9     23.2       5.8      5.7      12.4     12.6       7.9     12.4      11.7     12.5       5.3      5.3
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     14.6     15.1      18.8     18.7       5.6      5.6       7.2      7.1      12.7     19.1       5.4      7.2       6.0      6.3

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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