Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                         0.2      1.5       1.6      3.1       2.3      2.5       2.4      2.8      -4.8     -5.4      -3.8     -1.1       2.6      2.8

 National Capital Region (NCR)     -1.0     -0.1       2.2      2.4       1.2      1.3       2.2      2.5      -1.7     -2.9      -9.4     -6.1       2.3      2.3

 Areas Outside NCR                  0.7      2.2       1.5      3.3       2.7      3.0       2.5      3.0      -6.4     -6.6      -0.3      2.0       2.7      2.9 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   1.0      1.8       2.7      3.6r      1.1      1.1       0.4      0.5      -6.7     -8.7       0.6      3.4       1.8      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                     1.3      2.1       3.1      4.2       2.2      2.4       2.3      2.5      -8.8     -9.0      -1.1      0.5       2.5      2.8
   II  - Cagayan Valley             2.1      3.3       4.4      5.7       1.9      2.6       2.0      2.2      -8.3     -7.7      -1.3      0.2       2.8      2.8
  III  - Central Luzon              1.1      2.3       1.5      3.5       2.6      2.6       2.4      3.1     -10.6    -11.7       3.5      4.8r      2.8      2.9
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.6      2.5       4.2      5.2       3.1      3.4       2.7      3.2      -5.9     -7.2      -2.8     -0.4       2.5      2.6
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.1      1.2      -0.2      0.6       2.8      3.0       0.9      3.6      -6.5     -4.2       0.3      2.0       3.5      3.8
    V  - Bicol                      1.0      3.0       1.3      3.9       1.9      2.1       1.9      2.1      -5.6     -5.1       1.3      4.7       3.3      3.3
   VI  - Western Visayas            1.8      4.7       2.6      7.5       2.5      2.6       2.7      3.0      -4.3     -4.5       1.4      2.8       2.9      3.1
  VII  - Central Visayas           -1.2      1.1      -0.9      1.7       4.3      4.3       0.6      0.8      -8.9     -7.6      -2.7      2.4       2.4      2.5
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2      5.5       0.8      8.6       2.8      3.2       2.2      3.0      -9.3     -8.3      -0.1      3.4       2.5      3.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -1.7      1.4      -2.8      1.1       2.9      3.2       2.1      3.9      -3.4     -2.1      -1.8      1.9       3.1      3.3
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.7      2.1       0.0      1.8       1.8      1.7       1.8      1.8       1.7      3.0       0.9      2.4       1.8      2.2
   XI  - Davao                      0.3      0.5      -0.7     -0.4       3.9      4.2       6.7      7.1      -4.3     -6.9      -0.3      0.8       3.7      3.8
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.1     -2.2      -1.0     -5.5       3.8      4.2       4.0      4.4       0.4      2.9r     -2.1      1.0       3.3      3.6
 XIII  - Caraga                    -1.2      0.9      -2.4      0.2       1.6      2.1       2.7      3.5      -8.4     -7.3       4.4      6.1       2.6      3.0 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.1      1.0       2.3      1.3       1.9      2.6       3.9      6.0      -8.7     -6.4      -4.0     -2.2       1.4      1.5

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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: August 5, 2009

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