Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: December and November 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                        -0.9     -0.6       0.0     -0.3       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -5.9     -1.1      -2.4     -2.0       0.2      0.2   

National Capital Region (NCR)      -1.3     -0.7       0.5     -0.2       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0      -6.6      1.4      -3.4     -3.4       0.2      0.2   

Areas Outside NCR                  -0.8     -0.5      -0.1     -0.3       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -5.6     -2.4      -1.8     -1.2       0.2      0.3  
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                  -0.5     -0.9       0.0     -0.7      -0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0      -3.9     -4.3      -1.1     -1.4       0.0      0.2 
    I  - Ilocos                    -1.1     -0.7      -0.2     -0.6       0.1      0.2       0.4      0.4      -9.0     -3.1      -1.7     -1.2       0.2      0.4  
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.5     -0.5       0.3     -0.1       0.3      0.1       0.5      0.0      -5.3     -3.4      -1.8     -1.3       0.2      0.2  
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.8     -0.6       0.1     -0.3       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.0      -7.3     -3.8      -1.7     -1.0       0.3      0.2  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -1.1     -0.3      -0.1      0.1       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0      -6.8     -0.4      -2.3     -1.6       0.2      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.7     -1.5      -0.4     -2.2       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.0      -5.0     -2.7      -1.0     -1.1       0.2      0.5  
    V  - Bicol                     -0.7     -0.6      -0.2     -0.5       0.1      0.2      -0.1      0.5      -5.5     -3.5      -1.4     -0.7       0.5      0.5  
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.4     -0.3       0.2     -0.1       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1      -3.7     -2.7      -1.1     -0.3       0.1      0.3  
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.8     -0.9      -0.5     -0.7       0.6      0.5       0.0      0.0      -2.7     -2.3      -2.1     -2.0      -0.2      0.3  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           -1.0     -0.8      -0.6     -0.5       0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0      -6.6     -3.6      -1.6     -1.4       0.6      0.2  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.5     -1.5       0.1     -1.5       0.0      0.5       0.0      0.1      -4.7     -4.5      -2.0     -1.6       0.2      0.4  
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.3      0.0       0.4      0.4      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0      -3.6      0.0      -1.3     -1.3       0.0      0.2  
   XI  - Davao                     -0.2     -0.9       0.4     -0.5       0.2      0.1      -0.1      0.0      -3.3     -4.5      -1.3     -1.3       0.2      0.3  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.6      0.1      -0.1      0.4       0.2      0.4      -0.1      0.1      -4.3     -0.2      -1.7     -0.9       0.6      0.7 
 XIII  - Caraga                    -1.1     -0.7      -1.0     -0.8      -0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0      -4.8     -2.5      -0.8     -0.5       0.4      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao      -1.0      0.6      -0.8      1.2       0.0      0.2       1.0      0.1      -4.3     -2.3      -3.3     -1.1       0.1      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:  January 6, 2009

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