Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                         0.1      0.2       1.8      1.6       2.2      2.3       2.3      2.4      -5.4     -4.8      -4.2     -3.9r      2.2      2.6

 National Capital Region (NCR)     -1.1     -1.0       2.2      2.2       1.2      1.2       2.0      2.2      -2.9     -1.7      -8.8     -9.4       1.8      2.3

 Areas Outside NCR                  0.6      0.7       1.6      1.5       2.6      2.7       2.4      2.5      -6.6     -6.4      -1.5     -0.4r      2.4      2.7 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.6      1.0       2.1      2.7       1.4      1.1       1.1      0.4      -7.3     -6.7      -0.2      0.6       1.7      1.8
    I  - Ilocos                     0.2      1.3       1.7      3.1       1.8      2.2       2.9      2.3      -8.2     -8.8      -3.2     -1.1       2.0      2.5
   II  - Cagayan Valley             1.5      2.1       3.3      4.4       1.9      1.9       3.0      2.0      -8.3     -8.3      -1.9     -1.3       2.7      2.8
  III  - Central Luzon              0.6      1.1       1.4      1.5       2.4      2.6       2.4      2.4      -9.7    -10.6       0.9      3.5       2.7      2.8
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.6      1.6       3.0      4.2       3.0      3.1       3.4      2.7      -6.7     -5.9      -4.3     -2.8       2.2      2.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.4     -0.1      -0.7     -0.2       3.1      2.8       0.8      0.9      -6.3     -6.5      -0.3      0.3       3.1      3.5
    V  - Bicol                      1.6      1.0       2.8      1.3       2.0      1.9       1.5      1.9      -4.5     -5.6       0.0      1.3       3.2      3.3
   VI  - Western Visayas            1.2      1.8       2.4      2.6       1.9      2.5       2.4      2.7      -7.9     -4.3       0.5      1.4       2.4      2.9
  VII  - Central Visayas           -1.4     -1.2      -1.5     -0.9       3.9      4.3       0.6      0.6      -7.0     -8.9      -2.2     -2.7       2.2      2.4
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           -0.3      0.2       0.6      0.8       2.3      2.8       1.0      2.2     -10.0     -9.3      -1.1     -0.1       2.3      2.5
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.8     -1.7      -1.1     -2.8       2.5      2.9       1.0      2.1      -3.2     -3.4      -1.4     -1.8       2.7      3.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.1      0.7       1.1      0.0       1.8      1.8       2.3      1.8       0.5      1.7      -0.2      0.9       2.1      1.8
   XI  - Davao                      2.1      0.3       2.7     -0.7       3.3      3.9       4.6      6.7      -3.6     -4.3       0.3     -0.3       3.4      3.7
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.7     -0.1       2.0     -1.0       4.1      3.8       4.5      4.0       0.9      0.4      -1.8     -2.1       3.3      3.3
 XIII  - Caraga                    -1.6     -1.5r     -2.0     -2.6r      1.4      1.6       1.5      2.7      -9.6     -8.4       0.5      2.1r      2.1      2.6 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.7      1.1       3.4      2.3       1.5      1.9       2.0      3.9      -7.9     -8.7      -3.6     -4.0       1.1      1.4

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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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