Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: July and June 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                         0.3      0.6       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.2      0.1       0.2       2.1     -0.2       0.3      2.4       0.1      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.1      0.6      -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.0      0.0       0.1       1.6     -1.7       0.0      2.7       0.0      0.1 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      0.6       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.3      0.1       0.3       2.3      0.7       0.4      2.3       0.1      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.6      0.9       0.5      0.5r      0.1      0.1      0.1       0.0       2.5      0.8       0.4      3.7       0.2      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.4       0.2      0.4       0.0      0.2      0.0       0.1       2.0      1.1       0.3      0.6       0.0      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.5      0.6       0.4      0.6       0.0      0.1      0.0       0.1       3.0      0.5       0.4      1.7       0.1      0.1
  III  - Central Luzon              0.6      0.8       0.6      0.5       0.2      0.2      0.0       0.5       3.3      0.6       0.6      2.5r      0.2      0.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.6      0.6       0.5      0.4       0.3      0.5      0.5       0.2       2.3     -0.8       0.4      2.2       0.1      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.1      1.0      -0.1      0.8       0.1      0.3      0.0       0.1       2.0      0.9       0.3      2.6       0.1      0.3
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.6       0.1      0.4       0.1      0.1      0.0       0.0       2.5      1.1       0.3      2.1       0.2      0.1
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.3      0.6       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.2      0.1       0.8       2.5      0.6       0.2      1.5       0.2      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.7      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.3      0.1       0.0       1.5      1.2       0.1      3.1       0.0      0.4
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.0      0.6      -0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0      0.0       0.6       2.5      1.0       0.3      3.0       0.1      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.2      0.7       0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.1      0.0       0.0       1.8      5.3       0.6      3.1       0.1      0.2
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1     -0.1      -0.4     -1.0       0.3      0.1      0.3       0.5       2.1      1.4       0.7      2.0       0.0      0.2
   XI  - Davao                      0.1      0.3      -0.2     -0.4       0.1      0.3      0.0       0.0       0.9      2.0       0.6      2.3       0.2      0.4
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.4      0.4       0.4     -0.2       0.1      0.4      0.0       0.7       1.1      1.5       0.3      1.9       0.1      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.2      0.5      -0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.1      0.0      -0.1       2.4      1.1       0.5      4.0       0.1      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.5      0.4       0.6      0.2       0.1      0.1      0.1       0.1       1.2      0.8       0.3      2.7       0.0      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:  August 5, 2009

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