Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: January 2010 and December 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                         0.2      0.6      0.1       0.4       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      2.4       0.6      0.9       0.1      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.1      0.6     -0.4       0.3       0.4      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.1      1.5       0.9      1.4       0.2      0.0  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.3      0.5      0.2       0.4       0.1      0.2       0.3      0.1       0.1      2.9r      0.5      0.6       0.1      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  -0.6      0.7     -1.4       0.4       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.7      5.2       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.1  
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.4     -0.2     -0.8      -1.1       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.5      4.7       0.1      0.7       0.1      0.1  
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.1      0.4     -0.2      -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.0      4.7       0.1      0.8       0.1      0.2  
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.2      0.4     -0.5      -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.2      0.0       0.0      3.9       0.2      0.7       0.1      0.2  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.1      0.5     -0.5       0.2       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.2      2.3       1.4      0.9       0.0      0.1  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.9      0.3      0.6      -0.1       0.3      0.4       1.8      0.0       2.2      2.9       1.7      0.5       0.5      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      0.7      0.5      0.7       0.4       0.1      0.1       1.4      0.0       0.8      2.3       0.5      0.5       0.2      0.1  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.5      0.6      0.8       0.7       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.4      1.7       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.7      0.3      1.0       0.2       0.3      0.8       0.0      0.1       0.1      1.7       0.1      0.4       0.3      0.0  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.8      0.4      0.9       0.4       0.2      0.0       2.3      0.0       0.7      1.9       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.1  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        1.1      0.2      1.8       0.1       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       1.1      1.2       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.1  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.6      0.9      1.0       1.2       0.0      0.1       0.4      0.4       0.0      2.1       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.1  
   XI  - Davao                      0.3      1.1      0.2       1.7       0.1      0.1       0.4      0.0       0.9      1.5       0.3      0.3       0.2      0.1  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.4      0.9      0.7       1.1       0.3      0.2      -0.1      0.1       0.3      3.1r      0.1      0.4       0.0      0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.9      0.9      1.3       1.1       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.3      2.1       0.2      0.5r      0.2      0.5  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.9      2.0      0.9       1.8       0.2      1.7       1.4      1.2       1.4      9.3       0.3      0.6       0.2      0.4  

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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:  February 5, 2010

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