Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: November and October 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                         2.8      1.6       4.8      3.7       2.1      2.0       2.1      2.1      -1.1     -3.6      0.2      -2.2       1.9      2.0

 National Capital Region (NCR)      2.0      1.1       5.8      6.1       1.2      1.1       2.1      2.1      -3.7     -4.8     -1.6      -5.6       1.6      1.7

 Areas Outside NCR                  3.1      1.9       4.6      3.1       2.3      2.3       2.1      2.1       0.3     -3.0      1.3      -0.1       1.9      2.2 
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   4.3      2.4       5.6      3.2       1.7      1.7       2.5      2.5       2.9     -0.6      3.6       2.1       2.3      2.2
    I  - Ilocos                     3.5      0.8       5.7      1.7       1.8      1.8       2.3      2.6      -0.9     -4.4     -0.4      -1.6       1.7      2.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley             5.6      3.9       8.2      6.3       1.4      1.3       2.8      2.8       1.5     -2.6      0.5      -0.7       1.8      1.9
  III  - Central Luzon              4.2      2.4       5.9      3.8       2.2      2.3       2.0      1.7       2.6     -2.1      2.5       1.2       2.2      2.3
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 2.6      1.5       5.1      4.0       3.7      3.6       3.6      3.4      -4.4     -6.4     -0.9      -2.4       1.7      1.9
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   3.6      1.4       5.3      1.9       2.9      3.2       0.6      0.6       0.1     -3.2      2.1       1.0       2.6      2.8
    V  - Bicol                      4.2      2.8       6.2      4.3       1.4      1.6       0.6      1.1       1.6     -2.1      1.7       1.0       2.5      2.8
   VI  - Western Visayas            2.0      1.3       2.3      1.8       1.6      1.7       1.8      2.0      -0.5     -4.3      2.3       1.8       1.5      1.7
  VII  - Central Visayas            1.7      0.2       1.9      0.6       1.7      2.0       0.6      0.4       0.2     -3.3      2.5       0.1       1.9      1.7
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            2.5      1.4       3.5      2.8       1.2      1.3       0.5      0.5      -1.4     -6.5      2.2       0.5       1.1      1.3
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        3.0      0.5       3.1      0.0       2.7      2.7       0.6      0.7       7.1      1.1      2.8       0.9       2.3      2.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao          2.3      1.8       2.3      2.1       1.2      1.3       1.8      1.7       3.8      3.7      2.0       0.2       1.8      2.0
   XI  - Davao                      4.1      2.6       5.0      3.6       2.5      2.5       1.8      1.7       4.7     -1.0      3.1       1.5       2.9      2.9
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               3.7      3.5       4.8      4.6       3.4      3.8       2.9      3.0       3.7      3.0      1.1      -0.2       2.5      3.2
 XIII  - Caraga                     2.5      1.6       3.3      2.3       1.3      1.6       1.3      1.3       0.6     -2.6      1.8       1.2       1.7      1.3 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		  
           in Muslim Mindanao       3.4      2.8       4.2      4.2       2.7      1.5       2.7      2.7       2.9     -1.8     -0.6      -2.4       1.7      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: December 4, 2009

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