Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: February and January 2010
          (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                         0.4      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.1      0.1       0.3       3.8      0.1       0.1      0.6      0.2       0.1  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.6      0.1      -0.6     -0.4       0.1      0.4      0.1       0.1       8.2      0.1      -0.3      0.9      0.2       0.2  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      0.3       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.1      0.1       0.3       1.5      0.1       0.2      0.5      0.2       0.1  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.1     -0.6      -0.5     -1.4       0.0      0.0      0.2       0.1       2.8      0.7       0.1      0.2      0.2       0.1  
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.3     -0.4      -0.7     -0.8       0.0      0.1      0.0       0.1       1.1      0.5       0.2      0.1      0.0       0.1  
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.6     -0.1      -1.0     -0.2       0.1      0.1     -0.1       0.1      -0.1      0.0       0.0      0.1      0.1       0.1  
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.1     -0.2      -0.4     -0.5       0.3      0.2     -0.1       0.2      -0.1      0.0       0.1      0.2      0.5       0.1  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.0     -0.1       0.8     -0.5       0.5      0.0     -0.1       0.1       5.0     -1.2       0.8      1.4      0.3       0.0  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.1      0.9      -0.3      0.6       0.2      0.3      1.6       1.8      -0.4      2.2       0.2      1.7      0.3       0.5  
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.7       0.5      0.7       0.1      0.1      0.1       1.4      -0.4      0.8       0.0      0.5      0.3       0.2  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.3      0.5       0.4      0.8       0.2      0.0      0.1       0.1       0.8      0.4       0.0      0.2      0.1       0.0  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.4      0.7       0.6      1.0       0.3      0.3      0.0       0.0       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1      0.2       0.3  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.8       0.2      0.9       0.1      0.2      0.0       2.3       0.6      0.7      -0.1      0.2      0.0       0.1  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.4      1.1      -0.7      1.8       0.2      0.2      0.2       0.0       0.2      1.1       0.2      0.2      0.1       0.1  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.4      0.6       0.5      1.0       0.0      0.0      0.5       0.4       0.7      0.0       0.2      0.0      0.0       0.1  
   XI  - Davao                      0.9      0.3       1.4      0.2       0.2      0.1      0.1       0.4       1.4      0.9       0.3      0.3      0.1       0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               1.2      0.4       1.5      0.7       0.3      0.3      0.1      -0.1       2.4      0.7r      0.0      0.1      0.2       0.0  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.8      0.9       0.9      1.3       0.2      0.1      1.5       0.0       1.3      0.3       0.1      0.2      0.0       0.2  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.4      0.9       0.6      0.9       0.0      0.2      0.0       1.4       0.7      1.4       0.1      0.3      0.1       0.2  

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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:  March 5, 2010

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