Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: March and February 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                         0.1      0.5       0.4      0.6       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.3      -0.5      2.1      -0.6     -0.3       0.3      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.2      0.1       0.1     -0.1       0.4      0.0       0.2      0.4      -1.2      2.2      -1.1     -1.0       0.6      0.1 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.7       0.4      0.9       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.2      -0.1      2.1      -0.3      0.1       0.2      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                  -0.1      0.5       0.2      0.8       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0      -1.4      1.7      -0.7      0.1       0.0      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                     0.6      0.6       0.7      0.7       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.1       1.8      2.7      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.3
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.0      1.2       0.1      1.3       0.6      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.1      3.6      -0.4      0.2       0.2      0.5
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.1      0.7       0.0      0.4       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.3      -0.9      5.5      -0.2      0.3       0.2      0.5
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.2      0.5       0.0      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.2      -1.3      3.5      -0.6      0.1       0.2      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.3      0.4       0.4      0.3       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.5       0.2      2.0      -0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.3
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.8       0.3      0.9       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.3      2.5      -0.2      0.2       0.3      0.4
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.3     -0.3       0.5     -0.1       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.1      -0.3     -3.6      -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.0      0.2       0.0      0.6       0.0      0.1       0.3      0.0       0.3     -2.7      -0.3     -0.4       0.2      0.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.3      0.9       0.7      1.3       0.2      0.2      -0.1      0.1      -0.6      1.7      -0.4      0.0       0.0      0.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.9     -0.6       1.4     -1.3       0.8      0.2       0.2      0.3      -0.2      1.2      -0.1      0.1       0.4      0.2
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.8      1.2       1.2      2.0       0.0      0.0       0.8     -0.1       0.9      1.4      -0.1     -0.5       0.2      0.1
   XI  - Davao                      0.8      2.0       1.2      3.2       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.8       0.4      1.9       0.1      0.2       0.4      0.3
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.3      1.9       1.5      3.0       0.4      0.3       1.4     -0.1       4.4      2.7r     -0.1     -0.5       0.2      0.2
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.6      1.8       0.9      2.7       0.1      0.6       0.5      0.5      -0.2      1.4      -0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		    
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.3      1.3       0.7      1.7       0.2      0.1      -0.1      0.0      -1.4      2.4      -0.4     -0.1       0.1      0.3

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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:  April 7, 2009

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