Table 8.  Year-on-Year Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: September and August 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                        3.5      4.0       3.2      3.5       1.9      2.0       1.6      1.5      11.8     15.3       3.2      3.4       1.3      1.4 

 National Capital Region (NCR)     3.5      4.5       1.2      2.3       1.4      1.4       1.5      1.4      19.2     24.8       3.8      3.8       0.8      0.8 

 Areas Outside NCR                 3.5      3.8       3.8      3.8       2.1      2.2       1.6      1.6       8.1     10.4       2.8      3.2       1.5      1.5 
 							    
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrativ
           Region                  3.6      4.1       3.3      3.4       1.4      1.6       3.6      5.2       9.0     10.4       2.8      3.5       1.3      1.7 
    I  - Ilocos                    2.3      2.5       1.7      1.6       0.6      0.7       3.6      2.8       8.9     11.1       1.2      1.6       0.7      0.9 
   II  - Cagayan Valley            2.9      3.3       4.0      4.2       1.4      1.4       0.2      0.3       2.7      4.4       1.1      1.4       1.2      1.1 
  III  - Central Luzon             2.8      3.3       2.8      3.1       2.5      2.5       1.3      1.3       4.3      7.8       3.2      3.6       2.0      2.1 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                4.2      4.8       4.4      4.8       3.3      3.4       1.4      1.5      10.6     15.0       4.1      4.6       1.3      1.3 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  3.7      3.8       3.6      3.9       2.9      3.0       4.6      3.7       4.6      5.7       3.2      3.5       2.5      2.6 
    V  - Bicol                     3.7      3.8       4.6      4.5       1.1      1.2       1.7      1.8       5.3      6.4       2.0      2.4       2.1      2.1 
   VI  - Western Visayas           2.9      2.7       3.0      2.6       1.2      1.2       0.3      0.4       8.6      8.8       2.6      2.9       0.5      0.5 
  VII  - Central Visayas           3.5      3.8       3.0      3.7       1.9      2.0       0.4      0.4      20.0     17.3       1.5      1.8       1.8      1.8 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           2.3      2.5       2.7      2.9       0.6      0.5       2.4      2.4       2.6      4.1       1.1      1.5       0.2      0.1 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       2.8      3.2       3.5      3.4       1.7      1.9       0.3      0.3       3.0      8.4       2.2      2.7       1.4      1.4 
    X  - Northern Mindanao         3.4      3.5       4.0      3.6       1.4      1.5       3.6      2.4       6.0      8.9       1.8      2.0       0.4      0.6 
   XI  - Davao                     4.1      4.0       5.1      4.7       2.3      2.1       0.9      0.9       5.9      6.2       3.5      3.9       2.3      2.2 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              4.7      4.2       6.3      4.9       1.8      2.1       1.1      1.1       6.8      9.1       2.2      2.6       0.9      1.1 
 XIII  - Caraga                    3.8      4.0       4.2      4.0       1.4      1.5       1.7      1.7      11.1     13.7       1.2      1.9       1.7      1.7 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 		 
           in Muslim Mindanao      6.3      6.0       6.5      5.9       7.0      7.0       3.8      4.0      16.3     17.2       2.2      2.3       2.7      2.7 

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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:  October 5, 2010

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