Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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      0.2       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.2       0.9      0.3      -0.1      0.4       0.2      0.0   

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.4      0.1       0.1     -0.3       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       3.1      1.1      -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0   

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.3       0.5      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.3      -0.4     -0.3      -0.1      0.5       0.2      0.1   
							                                                                                                                                     
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.1      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.2       0.1      1.2      -0.3     -1.4      -0.2      0.4       0.0      0.0   
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.2      0.4      -0.2      0.5       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.7      -0.7     -0.3      -0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0   
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.2      0.2       0.4      0.3       0.6      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.0     -0.7       0.0      0.4       0.2      0.1   
  III  - Central Luzon              0.1      0.2       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1     -0.9       0.1      0.9       0.2      0.2   
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.4      0.5       0.7      0.6       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.5       1.3      0.5      -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.2   
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.6      0.2       1.0      0.5       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1      -0.7     -0.4      -0.1      0.2       0.2      0.1   
    V  - Bicol                      0.4      0.0       0.7      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0      -0.7     -0.9      -0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1   
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.2      0.1       0.4      0.2       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.6     -0.2      -0.1      0.3       0.2      0.0   
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2      0.4       0.3      0.6       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.1      -0.4      0.4       0.0      0.4       0.1      0.2   
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.3      0.2       0.6      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1      -1.0     -0.4      -0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0   
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.6     -0.2       1.0      0.2       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0      -0.5     -3.4       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0   
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.0      0.5       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.0      1.1      -1.9      2.3       0.1      0.7       0.1      0.0   
   XI  - Davao                      0.0     -0.3       0.5     -0.7       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0      -4.1     -1.3       0.1      0.5       0.1      0.2   
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.1      0.1       0.5      0.4       0.3      0.1       0.4      0.2      -3.2     -3.0       0.2      0.4       0.2      0.0   
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.2      0.2       0.5     -0.2       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1      -2.1      3.6      -0.1      0.0       0.2      0.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		   
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.9      0.2       1.3      0.3       2.5      0.0       0.2      0.0      -0.3      0.4       0.0      0.2       0.5      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:  September 7, 2010

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