Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: June and May 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                         0.6     -0.1       0.3      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.2      -0.2     -1.9       2.4      0.0       0.2      0.1 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.6     -0.3       0.4      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.7     -3.7       2.7     -0.1       0.1      0.1 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.6      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.3      0.4       0.7     -0.8       2.3      0.0       0.2      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.8      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.8      0.7       3.7      0.0       0.2      0.3
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.1       0.4      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0       1.1      0.0       0.6      0.2       0.1      0.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.6      0.3       0.6      0.6       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.5     -0.4       1.7      0.2       0.1      0.2
  III  - Central Luzon              0.8      0.0       0.5     -0.1       0.2      0.1       0.5      0.4       0.6     -0.9       2.7      0.0       0.2      0.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.6      0.1       0.4      0.3       0.5      0.2       0.2      1.3      -0.8     -3.4       2.2     -0.1       0.2      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   1.0      0.0       0.8      0.1       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.9     -0.6       2.6      0.1       0.3      0.2
    V  - Bicol                      0.6      0.1       0.4     -0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.1      0.6       2.1      0.1       0.1      0.1
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.6      0.2       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.8      0.1       0.6      0.5       1.5      0.1       0.2      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.7      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.0       0.0      0.0       1.2     -0.3       3.1      0.0       0.4      0.4
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.6      0.1       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.6     -0.1       1.0     -0.3       3.0      0.1       0.0      0.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.7      0.2      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       5.3      0.9       3.1      0.1       0.2      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.1      0.2      -1.0      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.5     -0.1       1.4      1.0       2.0      0.2       0.2      0.0
   XI  - Davao                      0.3     -0.1      -0.4     -0.2       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0       2.0      0.7       2.3      0.1       0.4      0.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.4      0.2      -0.2      0.4       0.4      0.2       0.7      0.0       1.5     -0.2r      1.9      0.1       0.1      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.5     -0.2      -0.2     -0.3       0.1      0.1      -0.1     -0.1       1.1     -0.7       4.0      0.1       0.0      0.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.8     -0.1       2.7      0.2       0.1      0.0

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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:  July 7, 2009

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