Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      2.1       0.6      0.2r      0.0      0.1 

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.0      0.1      -0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.3      1.6       0.8      0.0       0.0      0.0 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.4       0.1      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.1       0.8      2.3       0.4      0.4       0.1      0.1 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.8      0.6       1.1      0.5       0.4      0.1       0.8      0.1       0.6      2.5       0.5      0.4       0.2      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.4      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.8      0.0       0.7      2.0       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.0      0.5      -0.4      0.4       0.0      0.0       1.1      0.0       0.6      3.0       0.4      0.4       0.2      0.1
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      0.6       0.0      0.6       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0       1.4      3.3       0.3      0.6       0.1      0.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.3      0.6       0.2      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.8      0.5      -0.4      2.3       0.4      0.4       0.0      0.1
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.4      0.1       0.6     -0.1       0.3      0.1      -0.1      0.0       0.7      2.0       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.1
    V  - Bicol                      0.4      0.3       0.6      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.5      2.5       0.4      0.3       0.2      0.2
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.3      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.3      0.1       1.8      2.5       0.6      0.2       0.1      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.3      0.1       0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       2.4      1.5       0.7      0.1       0.1      0.0
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.4      0.0       0.5     -0.3       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.7      2.5       0.4      0.3       0.1      0.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.4      0.2       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       1.2      1.8       0.4      0.6       0.1      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.1      0.1      -0.4     -0.4       0.2      0.3       0.6      0.3       1.2      2.1       0.6      0.7       0.3      0.0
   XI  - Davao                      0.2      0.1       0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       1.0      0.9       0.7      0.6       0.1      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.2      0.4       0.1      0.4       0.7      0.1       0.7      0.0       0.1      1.0       0.7      0.3       0.3      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                    -0.1      0.1r     -0.1     -0.2r      0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.3      2.4       0.1      0.5       0.0      0.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.6      0.5       0.6      0.6       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.9      1.2       0.4      0.3       0.0      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:  September 4, 2009

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