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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