Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        7.3      7.1      12.3     12.2       3.2      4.3       4.0      4.3      -0.7     -3.8       2.7      3.2       3.3      3.6

 National Capital Region (NCR)     4.7      4.3       9.5      9.1       1.3      3.9       4.2      4.0       2.6     -1.3      -1.0     -0.2       2.5      2.7

 Areas Outside NCR                 8.4      8.3      13.1     13.1       3.8      4.4       3.9      4.6      -2.4     -5.1       4.8      5.1       3.5      3.9
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  7.1      6.8      12.7     12.3       1.7      2.5       3.9      5.4      -5.7    -11.1       4.0      5.0       2.1      2.0
    I  - Ilocos                    7.5      7.0      13.1     12.7       2.6      2.8       3.5      4.4     -10.1    -13.9       4.2      4.0       3.3      3.2
   II  - Cagayan Valley           10.0      8.6      14.9     13.3       2.3      3.7       5.5      5.5      -1.9     -5.9       3.1      3.0       3.8      4.0
  III  - Central Luzon             7.5      7.2      11.7     12.2       3.6      3.8       3.4      3.7      -6.6    -13.3       7.0      7.2       3.8      4.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                6.2      6.1      11.3     11.8       3.0      3.6       2.2      2.2       0.2     -4.1       1.9      2.0       2.5      2.9
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  7.2      7.3      10.4     10.3       3.5      3.7       5.0      6.0      -1.3     -2.5       3.9      4.1       3.6      3.9
    V  - Bicol                     8.6      8.2      12.1     11.9       2.5      2.9       4.4      4.8      -2.9     -7.6       8.6      8.7       3.4      3.7
   VI  - Western Visayas          10.1     11.6      15.8     17.4       3.1      3.8       3.0      4.1       0.4      4.6       6.5      7.0       4.7      5.4
  VII  - Central Visayas           8.2      9.2      12.9     14.4       7.0      9.5       1.7      1.8      -5.1     -2.5       5.1      5.3       3.4      3.6
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          12.7     12.7      18.9     18.4       4.9      5.6       4.6      5.6      -1.7     -2.8       7.7      8.8       4.1      4.6
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       7.9      9.0      10.2     11.6       6.5      6.7       4.8      7.3      -1.3     -2.6       7.4      7.6       3.6      4.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao         9.3      9.6      13.5     12.9       2.4      3.3       6.7     12.6       3.7      1.9       4.5      5.3       2.1      2.5r
   XI  - Davao                     9.4      8.1      14.2     11.6       6.1      6.4       7.8      8.0      -5.7     -5.6       5.6      5.7       3.8      4.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              9.2      8.1      12.5     10.3       7.7      7.9       7.9      9.7       2.9      1.1r      3.4      4.3       5.1      5.3
 XIII  - Caraga                   12.0     11.5      16.9     15.4       3.9      4.1       6.9     10.2      -1.1     -2.5       8.3      8.9       4.1      5.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao     11.5     10.7      16.1     14.6       4.0      4.8       7.7      7.8       2.9      1.3      -0.9     -0.4       3.7      5.0

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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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