Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: February and January 2009
          (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                         0.5      0.3       0.6      1.0       0.2      0.2       0.3      0.4       2.1     -1.2      -0.3     -0.9       0.2      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.1      0.5      -0.1      1.6       0.0      0.1       0.4      0.8       2.2     -0.8      -1.0     -1.2       0.1      0.1  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.7      0.2       0.9      0.8       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1       2.1     -1.5       0.1     -0.8       0.3      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.5     -0.7       0.8     -1.0       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       1.7     -2.2       0.1     -0.3       0.2      0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.6     -0.2       0.7     -0.1       0.1      0.5       0.1      0.1       2.7     -1.4       0.2     -0.4       0.3      0.2  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             1.2      0.3       1.3      0.8       0.0      0.1       0.0      1.0       3.6     -2.1       0.2     -0.7       0.5      0.1  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.7      0.4       0.4      1.0       0.4      0.4       0.3      0.1       5.5     -2.9       0.3      0.1       0.5      0.0  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.5     -0.3       0.3      0.4       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.0       3.5     -1.3       0.1     -2.1       0.2      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.4      0.6       0.3      1.3       0.3      0.4       0.5     -0.1       2.0     -1.7      -0.1     -0.5       0.3      0.4  
    V  - Bicol                      0.8      1.1       0.9      2.0       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.4       2.5     -1.1       0.2     -0.2       0.4      0.2  
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.3      0.7      -0.1      1.4       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1      -3.6     -1.0       0.4     -0.3       0.2      0.2  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2      0.2       0.6      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0      -2.7     -0.6      -0.4     -0.2       0.2      0.2  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.9      0.2       1.3      0.8       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0       1.7     -2.3       0.0     -0.7       0.1      0.1  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.6      0.8      -1.3      1.5       0.2      0.3       0.3      0.1       1.2     -0.1       0.1     -0.8       0.2      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.2     -0.1       2.0      0.3       0.0      0.0      -0.1     -0.1       1.4     -1.6      -0.5     -0.7       0.1      0.5r
   XI  - Davao                      2.0      0.2       3.2      0.4       0.3      0.4       0.8      0.7       1.9     -0.7       0.2     -0.6       0.3      0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.9      0.1       3.0      0.2       0.3      0.5      -0.1      0.3       2.6     -0.3r     -0.5     -0.7       0.2      0.1  
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.8      0.4       2.7      0.8       0.6      0.0       0.5      0.3       1.4     -1.7       0.0     -0.4       0.0      0.5  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.3     -0.5       1.7     -0.4       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.6       2.4     -2.1      -0.1     -1.7       0.3      0.2  

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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:  March 5, 2009

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