Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2009 and December 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                         0.3     -0.9       1.0      0.0       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.1      -1.2     -5.9      -0.9     -2.4       0.2      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.5     -1.3       1.6      0.5       0.1      0.0       0.8      0.1      -0.8     -6.6      -1.2     -3.4       0.1      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2     -0.8       0.8     -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -1.5     -5.6      -0.8     -1.8       0.2      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  -0.7     -0.5      -1.0      0.0       0.2     -0.1       0.0      0.0      -2.2     -3.9      -0.3     -1.1       0.2      0.0 
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.2     -1.1      -0.1     -0.2       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.4      -1.4     -9.0      -0.4     -1.7       0.2      0.2 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.3     -0.5       0.8      0.3       0.1      0.3       1.0      0.5      -2.1     -5.3      -0.7     -1.8       0.1      0.2 
  III  - Central Luzon              0.4     -0.8       1.0      0.1       0.4      0.2       0.1      0.1      -2.9     -7.3       0.1     -1.7       0.0      0.3 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.3     -1.1       0.4     -0.1       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0      -1.3     -6.8      -2.1     -2.3       0.2      0.2 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.6     -0.7       1.3     -0.4       0.4      0.2      -0.1      0.0      -1.7     -5.0      -0.5     -1.0       0.4      0.2 
    V  - Bicol                      1.1     -0.7       2.0     -0.2       0.2      0.1       0.4     -0.1      -1.1     -5.5      -0.2     -1.4       0.2      0.5 
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.7     -0.4       1.4      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.0     -3.7      -0.3     -1.1       0.2      0.1 
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2     -0.8       0.4     -0.5       0.1      0.6       0.0      0.0      -0.6     -2.7      -0.2     -2.1       0.2     -0.2 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2     -1.0       0.8     -0.6       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.0      -2.3     -6.6      -0.7     -1.6       0.1      0.6 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.8     -0.5       1.5      0.1       0.3      0.0       0.1      0.0      -0.1     -4.7      -0.8     -2.0       0.2      0.2 
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.1     -0.3       0.3      0.4       0.0     -0.1      -0.1      0.1      -1.6     -3.6      -0.7     -1.3       0.6      0.0 
   XI  - Davao                      0.2     -0.2       0.4      0.4       0.4      0.2       0.7     -0.1      -0.7     -3.3      -0.6     -1.3       0.2      0.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1     -0.6       0.2     -0.1       0.5      0.2       0.3     -0.1      -0.5     -4.0      -0.7     -1.7       0.1      0.6 
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.4     -1.1       0.8     -1.0       0.0     -0.2       0.3      0.0      -1.7     -4.8      -0.4     -0.8       0.5      0.4 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.5     -1.0      -0.4     -0.8       0.2      0.0       0.6      1.0      -2.1     -4.3      -1.7     -3.3       0.2      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:  February 5, 2009

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