Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                         1.6      0.7       3.7      2.2       2.0      2.1       2.1      2.1      -3.6     -3.4      -2.2     -3.1       2.0      2.1

 National Capital Region (NCR)      1.1     -0.3       6.1      2.9       1.1      1.1       2.1      1.9      -4.8     -2.4      -5.6     -7.1       1.7      1.8

 Areas Outside NCR                  1.9      1.1       3.1      1.9       2.3      2.4       2.1      2.2      -3.0     -3.9      -0.1     -0.8       2.2      2.3 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   2.4      1.1       3.2      1.4       1.7      1.6       2.5      2.4      -0.6     -4.2       2.1      1.2       2.2      1.9
    I  - Ilocos                     0.8      0.1       1.7      0.9       1.8      1.8       2.6      2.8      -4.4     -6.3      -1.6     -2.2       2.0      2.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             3.9      2.3       6.3      3.7       1.3      1.6       2.8      2.9      -2.6     -3.0      -0.7     -1.3       1.9      2.1
  III  - Central Luzon              2.4      1.2       3.8      1.7       2.3      2.2       1.7      1.9      -2.1     -3.7       1.2      1.0       2.3      2.4
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.5      0.9r      4.0      2.8       3.6      3.1       3.4      3.5      -6.4     -5.4      -2.4     -3.5       1.9      1.9
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   1.4      0.5       1.9      0.7       3.2      2.9       0.6      0.5      -3.2     -4.8       1.0      0.4       2.8      2.9
    V  - Bicol                      2.8      2.0       4.3      3.0       1.6      1.8       1.1      1.3      -2.1     -2.0       1.0      0.6       2.8      3.0
   VI  - Western Visayas            1.3      0.9       1.8      1.4       1.7      1.9       2.0      2.4      -4.3     -5.5       1.8      1.3       1.7      2.0
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2     -0.9       0.6     -1.1       2.0      2.6       0.4      0.4      -3.3     -4.7       0.1     -1.1       1.7      1.7
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            1.4      1.0       2.8      2.2       1.3      1.7       0.5      0.7      -6.5     -7.4       0.5      0.0       1.3      1.8
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.5      0.9       0.0      1.0       2.7      2.4       0.7      0.9       1.1     -0.3       0.9      0.2       2.4      2.3
    X  - Northern Mindanao          1.8      1.8       2.1      2.1       1.3      1.5       1.7      1.9       3.7      2.3       0.2      0.3       2.0      2.2
   XI  - Davao                      2.6      2.4       3.6      3.7       2.5      2.5       1.7      1.7      -1.0     -2.4r      1.5      0.8       2.9      3.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               3.5      2.4       4.6      2.7       3.8      4.1       3.0      4.4       3.1      1.7r     -0.2     -0.7       3.2      3.4
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.6      0.0       2.3     -0.1       1.6      1.5       1.3      1.3      -2.6     -4.8       1.2      1.0       1.3      1.8 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao       2.8      2.1       4.2      3.7       1.5      1.4       2.7      2.2      -1.8     -6.1      -2.4     -3.4       1.1      1.0

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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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