Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 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                        -0.2      0.5       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1      -3.4      5.2r      0.0      0.3       0.2      0.1  

National Capital Region (NCR)      -1.0      1.4       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1      -8.6     11.0      -0.3      0.5       0.0      0.1  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.0      -0.1      1.9r      0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1  
							                                                                                                                                    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.7      0.0       1.1     -0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.3       2.3     -0.3      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.1      0.4       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.6      0.2       0.6      1.8       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.0  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.1      0.4       0.1      0.5       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      0.4       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.0       0.2      0.0      -0.6      1.9       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.2  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.2      0.4r      0.0     -0.1       0.1      0.4       0.5      0.0      -3.7      5.2r      0.4     -0.3       0.1      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.1     -0.1r     -0.1     -0.4       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1r      0.1      0.7      -0.1      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      0.0      0.1      -0.4     -0.1       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.0       1.5      1.5       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.2  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.4     -0.1       0.6     -0.1       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       1.0     -0.2      -0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0  
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.1      0.0      -0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.3      -0.1      0.4       0.1      0.1  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           -0.2      0.2      -0.3      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.3      -0.1      0.0  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.1      0.2       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       1.4      0.3       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.0  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.5      0.3       0.4      0.5       0.2      0.2      -0.1      0.0       2.9      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0  
   XI  - Davao                      0.5      0.3       0.6     -0.1       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.1       2.5      2.8       0.1      0.3       0.3      0.3  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.5      0.4r      0.3      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.4      0.0       3.5      1.8r      0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0  
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.3      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.3       0.1     -0.1       3.2      0.9      -0.2      0.0       0.0      0.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.0     -0.1      -0.1     -0.2       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.0  

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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:  June 4, 2010

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