Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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                         0.6      0.2       1.1      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.7      -0.3      0.0       0.2      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.0      0.2       2.6      0.7       0.1      0.0       0.4     -0.1      -0.1     -0.3      -0.3     -0.4       0.1      0.1 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      0.2       0.6      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.4      1.3      -0.2      0.2       0.2      0.2 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   1.0      0.6       1.7      0.4       0.1      0.2       0.1      1.4       1.5      1.1       0.0      0.5       0.2      0.5
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.0       0.5     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.4      0.1       1.1      0.7      -0.4      0.3       0.1      0.3
   II  - Cagayan Valley             1.3      0.4       2.3      0.4       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1      -0.3      2.1      -0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0
  III  - Central Luzon              0.7      0.3       1.3      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.7      3.3      -0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.6      0.4       1.2      0.6r      0.6      0.5       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.9       0.0      0.3       0.1      0.1
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.3      0.3       0.5      0.4       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.7      0.9      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2
    V  - Bicol                      0.6      0.1       0.9      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.4      0.8      -0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.1     -0.1      -0.2     -0.4       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.7      1.3      -0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.4      0.5      -0.1      0.1       0.2      0.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.4       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      1.4      -0.4      0.3       0.0      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.5      0.1      -0.7     -0.1       0.5      0.2       0.0      0.0      -1.0      1.3      -0.4      0.4       0.4      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.4     -0.1      -0.5     -0.4       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.6      -0.4      0.1       0.2      0.2
   XI  - Davao                     -0.1     -0.2      -0.1     -0.5       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.3      0.1     r-0.2      0.2       0.2      0.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.1     -0.5      -0.1     -1.0       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.6      0.5     r-0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.2     -0.1       0.3     -0.5       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.5      1.7       0.0      0.6       0.0      0.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.0      0.2      -0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.4      0.3       1.2      1.1      -0.1      0.2       0.1      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:  November 5, 2009

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