Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: September and August 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                         0.7      0.1       2.2      1.8       2.1      2.2       2.1      2.2r     -3.4     -5.4      -3.1     -4.2       2.1      2.2

 National Capital Region (NCR)     -0.3     -1.1       2.9      2.2       1.1      1.2       1.9      2.0      -2.4     -2.9      -7.1     -8.8       1.8      1.8

 Areas Outside NCR                  1.1      0.6       1.9      1.6       2.4      2.6       2.2      2.4r     -3.9     -6.7 r    -0.8     -1.5       2.3      2.4 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   1.1      0.3r      1.4      1.4r      1.6      1.4       2.4      1.1      -4.2     -7.3       1.2     -0.2       1.9      1.7
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.2       0.9      1.7       1.8      1.8       2.8      2.9      -6.3     -8.2      -2.2     -3.2       2.0      2.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             2.3      1.5       3.7      3.3       1.6      1.9       2.9      3.0      -3.0     -8.3      -1.3     -1.9       2.1      2.7
  III  - Central Luzon              1.2      0.6       1.7      1.4       2.2      2.4       1.9      2.4      -3.7     -9.7       1.0      0.9       2.4      2.7
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.8      0.6       2.8      3.0       3.1      3.0       3.5      3.4      -5.4     -6.7      -3.5     -4.3       1.9      2.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.5     -0.4       0.7     -0.7       2.9      3.1       0.5      0.8      -4.8     -6.3       0.4     -0.3       2.9      3.1
    V  - Bicol                      2.0      1.6       3.0      2.8       1.8      2.0       1.3      1.5      -2.0     -4.5       0.6      0.0       3.0      3.2
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.9      1.2       1.4      2.4       1.9      1.9       2.4      2.4      -5.5     -7.9       1.3      0.5       2.0      2.4
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.9     -1.4      -1.1     -1.5       2.6      3.9       0.4      0.6      -4.7     -7.0      -1.1     -2.2       1.7      2.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            1.0     -0.3       2.2      0.6       1.7      2.3       0.7      1.0      -7.4    -10.0       0.0     -1.1       1.8      2.3
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.9     -0.8       1.0     -1.1       2.4      2.5       0.9      1.0      -0.3     -3.2       0.2     -1.4       2.3      2.7
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.8      1.0r      2.1      1.1       1.5      1.8       1.9      1.8r      2.3      0.5       0.3     -0.2       2.2      2.1
   XI  - Davao                      2.4      2.1       3.7      2.7       2.5      3.3       1.7      4.6      -2.7     -3.6       0.8      0.3       3.1      3.4
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               2.4      1.6r      2.7      2.0       4.1      4.1       4.4      4.5       2.4     -0.5r     -0.7     -1.8       3.4      3.3
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.0     -1.6      -0.1     -2.0       1.5      1.4       1.3      1.5      -4.8     -9.6       1.0      0.5       1.8      2.1 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao       2.1      1.7       3.7      3.4       1.4      1.5       2.2      2.0      -6.1     -7.9      -3.4     -3.6       1.0      1.1

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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: October 6, 2009

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