Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April and March 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                         0.5      0.2       0.1     -0.3       0.1      0.3       0.1      0.2       5.0      2.8       0.3      0.6      0.1       0.1  

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.4      0.7       0.1     -0.5       0.1      0.4       0.1      0.4      11.0      6.0       0.5      0.9      0.1       0.0  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.1r      0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1       1.5      1.0       0.1      0.4      0.1       0.2  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.0     -0.1      -0.1     -0.5       0.2      0.2       0.3      0.5      -0.3      0.3       0.2      0.3      0.0       0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.0       0.2     -0.3       0.0      0.1       0.2      0.1       1.8      1.9       0.3      0.2      0.0       0.1  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.4     -0.2       0.5     -0.5       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.2      0.0       0.1  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.4     -0.5       0.4     -1.0       0.0      0.7       0.0      0.0       1.9      0.1       0.1      0.3      0.2       0.1  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.2      0.3r     -0.1     -0.2       0.4      0.4       0.0      0.1       3.8      2.9      -0.3      0.8r     0.2       0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.0      0.4      -0.4      0.6       0.1      0.7       0.1     -0.1       1.1     -0.1       0.7      0.3      0.3       0.5  
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.2r     -0.1      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       1.5      1.1       0.2      0.3      0.2       0.3  
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.1      0.1      -0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.1      -0.2      1.5       0.3      0.4      0.0       0.1  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.0      0.1r     -0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.8       0.4      0.5r     0.1       0.1  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2      0.0r      0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.1     -0.4       0.3      0.2      0.0       0.0  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.2      0.0r      0.2     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      1.2       0.3      0.4      0.0       0.3  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.3      0.1       0.5     -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.3      1.4       0.2      0.1      0.0       0.1  
   XI  - Davao                      0.3     -0.1      -0.1     -0.1       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.1       2.8     -1.0       0.3      0.3      0.3       0.3  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1      0.4       0.3      0.5       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0      -0.9      0.0       0.2      0.3      0.0       0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.2     -0.2       0.2     -0.3       0.3      0.0      -0.1     -0.2       0.9      0.2       0.0      0.1      0.2       0.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		     
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.1      0.4      -0.2      0.5       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.2      -0.1      0.4      0.0       0.3  

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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:  May 5, 2010

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