Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                         4.4      2.8       5.2      4.8       2.0      2.1       2.1      2.1       7.6     -1.1       3.5      0.2       1.8      1.9

 National Capital Region (NCR)      4.0      2.0       5.6      5.8       1.2      1.2       2.1      2.1       4.7     -3.7       3.3     -1.6       1.4      1.6

 Areas Outside NCR                  4.5      3.1       5.1      4.6       2.4      2.3       2.1      2.1       9.2      0.3       3.7      1.3       1.9      1.9
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   5.5      4.3       6.0      5.6       1.8      1.7       9.4      2.5      12.6      2.9       5.3      3.6       2.4      2.3
    I  - Ilocos                     4.4      3.5       4.7      5.7       1.7      1.8       2.0      2.3      14.1     -0.9       2.1     -0.4       1.5      1.7
   II  - Cagayan Valley             6.5      5.6       7.7      8.2       1.1      1.4       2.4      2.8      12.3      1.5       3.2      0.5       1.8      1.8
  III  - Central Luzon              5.5      4.2       5.8      5.9       2.2      2.2       2.0      2.0      15.0      2.6       5.0      2.5       2.1      2.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 4.3      2.6       5.4      5.1       3.7      3.7       3.6      3.6       4.9     -4.4       2.4     -0.9       1.5      1.7
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   4.6      3.6       5.6      5.3       3.0      2.9       0.6      0.6       8.4      0.1       3.7      2.1       2.6      2.6
    V  - Bicol                      5.5      4.2       6.9      6.2       1.5      1.4       0.8      0.6      10.0      1.6       3.7      1.7       2.1      2.5
   VI  - Western Visayas            2.9      2.0       2.8      2.3       1.6      1.6       1.8      1.8       5.1     -0.5       3.8      2.3       1.4      1.5
  VII  - Central Visayas            2.7      1.7       2.6      1.9       1.9      1.7       0.6      0.6       4.2      0.2       5.0      2.5       2.0      1.9
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            4.0      2.5       4.6      3.5       0.9      1.2       0.5      0.5       7.5     -1.4       4.2      2.2       0.6      1.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        3.8      3.0       3.1      3.1       2.7      2.7       0.6      0.6      13.7      7.1       5.5      2.8       2.2      2.3
    X  - Northern Mindanao          3.6      2.3       3.2      2.3       1.4      1.2       2.1      1.8      10.0      3.8       3.5      2.0       1.9      1.8
   XI  - Davao                      5.4      4.1       6.4      5.0       2.3      2.5       1.9      1.8       9.9      4.7       4.8      3.1       2.8      2.9
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               5.3      3.8       6.0      4.8       3.4      3.4       3.1      2.9      10.6      3.7       3.3      1.1       2.0      2.5
 XIII  - Caraga                     4.6      2.5       5.5      3.3       1.5      1.3       1.3      1.3       7.9      0.6       3.4      1.8       1.8      1.7
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       6.5      3.4       6.9      4.2       4.4      2.7       2.9      2.7      17.6      2.9       3.4     -0.6       1.9      1.7

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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