Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        8.0      9.9      12.7     13.8       5.0      4.9       5.3      5.3      -1.7      7.5       4.6      7.5       3.9      3.8

 National Capital Region (NCR)     4.5      6.8       8.2      9.3       5.5      5.6       3.3      3.3       0.6     10.5       1.6      5.6       2.9      2.8

 Areas Outside NCR                 9.6     11.2      14.2     15.2       4.8      4.8       6.7      6.7      -2.8      5.9       6.3      8.6       4.2      4.2 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  8.3      9.6      14.6     15.8       2.7      2.8       5.4      5.4      -8.0     -2.6       5.7      7.2       2.0      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                    8.1     10.0      14.2     14.9       2.6      2.6       4.4      4.1     -11.4      1.5       4.7      6.9       3.3      3.3
   II  - Cagayan Valley            9.6     11.3      14.2     15.2       3.9      3.8       5.4      4.9      -2.1      7.3       3.9      6.5       4.0      3.9
  III  - Central Luzon             9.5     11.0      12.5     12.8       4.0      3.8      17.0     16.9     -10.2      0.9       7.8      9.9       5.1      4.8
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                7.4      9.4      13.4     14.3       3.6      3.6       2.2      2.2      -2.6      8.2       4.5      7.3       3.0      2.9
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  7.7      9.2       9.7     11.2       3.7      3.8       9.0      9.0       0.0      7.7       4.9      6.3       4.0      3.8
    V  - Bicol                     8.1      9.7      11.2     12.4       3.1      3.3       5.3      5.5      -5.9      1.7       9.2     11.2       3.9      3.6
   VI  - Western Visayas          11.9     13.0      17.4     18.0       3.9      3.9       4.0      4.2       7.3     12.6       7.5      9.1       5.6      6.0
  VII  - Central Visayas          10.4     11.5      15.9     16.4      10.3     10.2       2.1      2.1      -0.9      4.8       6.2      8.6       4.2      5.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          13.7     16.5      19.3     22.2       6.2      6.0       7.0      7.0       0.2     10.1      10.0     12.3       4.9      4.5
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      11.4     13.2      15.1     16.7       8.7      8.8       8.7      8.7      -2.7      4.4       9.1     11.9       5.4      5.5
    X  - Northern Mindanao        10.8     12.5      14.0     15.8       4.1      4.2      13.5     13.4       5.0     10.7       6.3      8.1       2.5      2.5
   XI  - Davao                     9.1     10.4      13.4     14.6       6.3      6.5       8.2      8.3      -6.0     -0.9       6.5      8.3       3.9      4.0
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             10.0     11.5      12.3     13.4      10.0      9.9      10.4     11.1       5.2     12.2       5.7      8.2       6.1      5.6
 XIII  - Caraga                   13.4     16.2      18.0     20.9       5.5      5.8      11.1     12.4       0.0      7.9      10.2     11.7       5.2      5.3
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     13.0     14.6      17.3     18.8       5.5      5.6       8.2      7.2       5.8     12.7       1.7      5.4       6.1      6.0

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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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