Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 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                       3.3       4.8       5.9      8.0       2.6      2.8       3.1      3.2      -4.9     -2.4       0.4      1.7       2.9      3.0

 National Capital Region (NCR)    0.8       2.2       3.7      5.2       1.4      1.4       2.9      2.9      -3.7      0.3      -4.3     -2.3       2.4      2.5

 Areas Outside NCR                4.2       5.8       6.5      8.9       3.1      3.3       3.3      3.3      -5.6     -3.9       3.2      4.2       3.0      3.1r 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                 2.7       4.9       5.8      8.8       1.0      0.9       0.5      2.5      -6.3     -4.4       0.8      2.7       1.5      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                   3.7       5.0       6.3      8.5       2.3      2.4       2.6      3.1      -8.9     -9.7       2.9      3.6       2.8      3.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley           5.3       6.9       7.9     10.5       2.7      2.8       5.4      5.5      -5.2     -5.6       1.6      2.3       3.1      3.4
  III  - Central Luzon            3.4       5.2       5.1      7.9       2.9      3.1       2.8      3.4     -11.3     -9.2       5.7      6.5       3.2      3.4
 IV-a  - Calabarzon               3.2       4.0       6.4      7.4       3.3      3.3       3.0      1.9      -6.6     -2.6       0.4      1.3       2.5      2.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                 2.2       3.8       2.0      4.4       3.4      3.7       4.0      4.1      -2.2     -0.9       3.0      3.5       3.7      3.7
    V  - Bicol                    4.9       6.1       5.9      7.7       2.2      2.2       4.2      4.3      -3.5     -2.9       6.9      7.8       3.5      3.6
   VI  - Western Visayas          6.1       7.1       9.6     11.2       2.7      2.8       2.7      2.7      -3.1     -2.7       4.0      4.8       3.3      3.4
  VII  - Central Visayas          3.0       4.2       4.3      5.9       4.2      4.3       1.5      1.7      -6.8     -5.7       3.8      5.0       2.5      2.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas          8.1       9.5      11.7     13.6       4.3      4.5       3.3      4.0      -4.9     -3.5       6.4      7.0       3.8      3.9
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula      3.6       8.1       5.0     10.9       3.3      4.5       4.7      4.8      -4.8     -1.3       1.7      7.0       3.3      3.5
    X  - Northern Mindanao        5.5       8.0       7.7     12.1       1.9      2.1r      2.5      3.2       2.7      2.5       3.7      4.5       2.4      2.4
   XI  - Davao                    5.5       7.1       7.1      9.8       4.6      4.9       7.6      7.6      -6.2     -5.8       5.1      5.7       3.6      3.6
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN             4.1       5.6       4.5      6.5       4.5      4.8       5.0      6.1       3.9      4.7r      2.0      3.0       4.1      4.3
 XIII  - Caraga                   6.7      10.4r      9.3     14.7       2.6      3.5       4.6      5.5      -4.9     -1.9       6.1      6.8       3.5      3.6r
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao     5.7       9.6       7.9     13.6       2.7      3.4       6.6      6.8      -0.4      0.8      -3.4     -2.2       1.8      2.5

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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:  June 5, 2009

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