Table 7. Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April and March 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 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.2 -0.5 1.1 -0.6 0.2 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 1.1 -0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 6.1 -1.2 1.7 -1.1 0.2 0.6
Areas Outside NCR 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.3 0.2 0.2
Regions:
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 -1.4 0.4 -0.7 0.0 0.0
I - Ilocos 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.5 1.8 0.4 -0.1 0.1 0.1
II - Cagayan Valley 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.5 0.1 0.8 -0.4 0.1 0.2
III - Central Luzon 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 0.6 -0.2 0.2 0.2
IV-a - Calabarzon 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.6 -1.3 0.7 -0.6 0.2 0.2
IV-b - Mimaropa 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.2
V - Bicol -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.3
VI - Western Visayas -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 -0.1 0.2 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 -1.0 0.3 1.2 -0.3 0.0 0.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6 1.0 -0.4 0.1 0.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.2 0.4
X - Northern Mindanao 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.9 -0.1 0.2 0.2
XI - Davao 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.4 -1.2 4.4 0.9 -0.1 0.2 0.2
XIII - Caraga 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.9 0.0
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 0.5 -0.4 0.1 0.1
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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: May 5, 2009
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