Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        7.1      8.0      12.2     12.7       4.3      5.0       4.3      5.3      -3.8     -1.7       3.2      4.6       3.6      3.9

 National Capital Region (NCR)     4.3      4.5       9.1      8.2       3.9      5.5       4.0      3.3      -1.3      0.6      -0.2      1.6       2.7      2.9

 Areas Outside NCR                 8.3      9.6      13.1     14.2       4.4      4.8       4.6      6.7      -5.1     -2.8       5.1      6.3       3.9      4.2
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  6.8      8.3      12.3     14.6       2.5      2.7       5.4      5.4     -11.1     -8.0       5.0      5.7       2.0      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                    7.0      8.1      12.7     14.2       2.8      2.6       4.4      4.4     -13.9    -11.4       4.0      4.7       3.2      3.3
   II  - Cagayan Valley            8.6      9.6      13.3     14.2       3.7      3.9       5.5      5.4      -5.9     -2.1       3.0      3.9       4.0      4.0
  III  - Central Luzon             7.2      9.5      12.2     12.5       3.8      4.0       3.7     17.0     -13.3    -10.2       7.2      7.8       4.1      5.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                6.1      7.4      11.8     13.4       3.6      3.6       2.2      2.2      -4.1     -2.6       2.0      4.5       2.9      3.0
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  7.3      7.7      10.3      9.7       3.7      3.7       6.0      9.0      -2.5      0.0       4.1      4.9       3.9      4.0
    V  - Bicol                     8.2      8.1      11.9     11.2       2.9      3.1       4.8      5.3      -7.6     -5.9       8.7      9.2       3.7      3.9
   VI  - Western Visayas          11.6     11.9      17.4     17.4       3.8      3.9       4.1      4.0       4.6      7.3       7.0      7.5       5.4      5.6
  VII  - Central Visayas           9.2     10.4      14.4     15.9       9.5     10.3       1.8      2.1      -2.5     -0.9       5.3      6.2       3.6      4.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          12.7     13.7      18.4     19.3       5.6      6.2       5.6      7.0      -2.8      0.2       8.8     10.0       4.6      4.9
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       9.0     11.4      11.6     15.1       6.7      8.7       7.3      8.7      -2.6     -2.7       7.6      9.1       4.4      5.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao         9.6     10.8      12.9     14.0       3.3      4.1      12.6     13.5       1.9      5.0       5.3      6.3       2.6      2.5
   XI  - Davao                     8.1      9.1      11.6     13.4       6.4      6.3       8.0      8.2      -5.6     -6.0       5.7      6.5       4.1      3.9
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              8.1     10.0      10.3     12.3       7.9     10.0       9.7     10.4       1.0      5.6       4.3      5.7       5.3      6.1
 XIII  - Caraga                   11.5     13.4      15.4     18.0       4.1      5.5      10.2     11.1      -2.5      0.0       8.9     10.2       5.1      5.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     10.7     13.0      14.6     17.3       4.8      5.5       7.8      8.2       1.3      5.8      -0.4      1.7       5.0      6.1

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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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