Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        6.4      7.3      11.4     12.3       2.9      3.2       3.9      4.0      -2.8     -0.7       1.6      2.7       3.1      3.3

 National Capital Region (NCR)     3.2      4.7       7.5      9.5       1.3      1.3       4.2      4.2      -0.8      2.6      -2.8     -1.0       2.9      2.5

 Areas Outside NCR                 7.8      8.4      12.6     13.1       3.6      3.8       3.5      3.9      -3.8     -2.4       4.1      4.8       3.2      3.5
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  6.3      7.1      12.1     12.7       1.6      1.7       3.9      3.9      -8.8     -5.7       2.9      4.0       1.9      2.1
    I  - Ilocos                    8.0      7.5      13.8     13.1       2.4      2.6       3.4      3.5      -8.7    -10.1       3.8      4.2       3.2      3.3
   II  - Cagayan Valley            8.9     10.0      13.9     14.9       2.9      2.3       5.5      5.5      -5.2     -1.9       2.2      3.1       3.7      3.8
  III  - Central Luzon             6.6      7.5      10.7     11.7       3.2      3.6       3.5      3.4      -9.4     -6.6       6.6      7.0       3.5      3.8
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                5.4      6.2      10.3     11.3       3.2      3.0       1.8      2.2      -1.6      0.2       1.2      1.9       2.5      2.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  6.8      7.2       9.5     10.4       3.8      3.5       4.7      5.0       0.0     -1.3       3.4      3.9       3.6      3.6
    V  - Bicol                     7.4      8.6      10.0     12.1       2.2      2.5       4.4      4.4      -2.7     -2.9       7.8      8.6       3.6      3.4
   VI  - Western Visayas           9.0     10.1      15.8     15.8       2.9      3.1       2.7      3.0      -6.8      0.4       4.9      6.5       3.6      4.7
  VII  - Central Visayas           7.5      8.2      11.8     12.9       6.2      7.0       1.8      1.7      -4.5     -5.1       4.4      5.1       2.9      3.4
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          11.8     12.7      17.6     18.9       4.7      4.9       4.2      4.6      -2.3     -1.7       7.0      7.7       4.0      4.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       9.0      7.9      12.4     10.2       5.3      6.5       4.9      4.8      -1.4     -1.3       6.9      7.4       3.6      3.6
    X  - Northern Mindanao         9.5      9.3      14.8     13.5       2.2      2.4       4.0      6.7       3.5      3.7       4.1      4.5       2.2      2.1
   XI  - Davao                     9.3      9.4      13.8     14.2       5.7      6.1       7.8      7.8      -5.0     -5.7       5.3      5.6       3.7      3.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              9.2      9.2      12.6     12.5       6.6      7.7       6.2      7.9       6.9      3.0r      2.9      3.4       4.6      5.1
 XIII  - Caraga                   11.4     12.0      16.4     16.9       3.7      3.9       5.8      6.9      -1.4     -1.1       7.7      8.3       3.5      4.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao     11.5     11.5      16.8     16.1       3.5      4.0       7.0      7.7       1.6      2.9      -2.0     -0.9       2.7      3.7

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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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