Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: December and November 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      0.6       0.4      0.8       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1       2.4      1.5       0.9      0.4       0.2      0.1

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.6      0.2       0.3     -0.4       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0       1.5      2.6       1.4      0.7       0.0      0.2

Areas Outside NCR                   0.5      0.7       0.4      1.2       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       2.8      1.0       0.6      0.2       0.2      0.1

Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.7      0.9       0.4      1.7       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.0       5.2     -1.0       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.3
    I  - Ilocos                     0.2      2.0      -1.1      3.4       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0       4.7      0.4       0.7      0.1       0.1      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.4      1.1      -0.2      1.7       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       4.7      0.7       0.8     -0.1       0.2      0.2
  III  - Central Luzon              0.4      1.1      -0.1      1.7       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.3       3.9      0.9       0.7      0.3       0.2      0.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.5      0.8       0.2      1.2       0.1      0.4       0.0      0.2       2.3      1.7       0.9     -0.1       0.1      0.0
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.3      0.6      -0.1      1.0       0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0       2.9      0.7       0.5      0.1       0.2      0.3
    V  - Bicol                      0.5      0.8       0.4      1.3       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0       2.3      0.2       0.5      0.0       0.1      0.2
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.6      0.4       0.7      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       1.7      1.1       0.3      0.2       0.0      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.3      0.5       0.2      0.6       0.8      0.1       0.1      0.2       1.7      1.2       0.4      0.4       0.0      0.5
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.4      0.2       0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       1.9      1.6       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.2      1.0       0.1      1.5       0.0      0.5       0.0      0.0       1.2      1.2       0.5      0.3       0.1      0.3
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.9      0.5       1.2      0.7       0.1      0.2       0.4      0.1       2.1      0.2       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.0
   XI  - Davao                     -1.1      0.6       1.7      0.8       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.5      0.9       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.9      0.4       1.1      0.6       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       2.3      0.5       0.4      0.3       0.2      0.0
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.9      0.2       1.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0       2.1      0.7       0.8      0.1       0.5      0.3
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       2.0      1.1       1.8      1.2       1.7      1.3       1.2      0.1       9.3      2.4       0.6      0.7       0.4      0.7

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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:  January 5, 2010

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