Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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      -0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1       0.4      0.1      -3.0     -2.2r      0.3     -0.2       0.0      0.1   

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.2     -0.8       0.5     -0.4       0.0      0.0       1.0      0.0      -7.1     -4.8       0.5     -0.4       0.0      0.1   

Areas Outside NCR                  -0.2     -0.1      -0.3      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.2      -0.7     -0.8       0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1   
							                                                                                                                                     
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative 
           Region                   0.1      0.1      -0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.0     -0.1       1.0     -0.2       0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.2     -0.2      -0.3     -0.2       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.9      -1.2     -1.3       0.2     -0.1       0.0      0.1    
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.1      0.1      -0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       1.4      0.4       0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
  III  - Central Luzon             -0.3     -0.1      -0.6     -0.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0      -0.6     -0.1       0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.1    
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.5     -0.2      -0.4      0.2       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.1      -4.0     -2.9       0.3     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.0      0.1      -0.1      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.0      0.9       0.5     -0.1       0.1     -0.1       0.2      0.0    
    V  - Bicol                      0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0     -0.3       0.1     -0.2       0.1      0.1    
   VI  - Western Visayas           -0.1      0.1      -0.4      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.8      1.2       0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.4     -0.1       0.3     -0.4       0.3      0.1       0.4      0.1       1.8      2.8       0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.1       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       1.0     -0.1       0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1    
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.0     -0.3      -0.3      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.0       2.4     -3.7       0.2     -0.2       0.1      0.0    
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.3     -0.1      -0.5     -0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      1.4      -0.9     -2.1       0.2     -0.1       0.3     -0.1    
   XI  - Davao                     -0.2     -0.1      -0.3     -0.1       0.0      0.3       0.0      0.1      -0.3     -0.4r      0.2     -0.1       0.1      0.2    
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.5      0.1r     -0.9      0.3       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0      -0.9     -1.0r      0.2     -0.1       0.1      0.0    
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.1     -0.1r     -0.1     -0.1r      0.2      0.1      -0.1      0.0r      0.7     -0.6       0.2     -0.1       0.0      0.1 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region		    
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.3      0.5      -0.6      0.6       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       1.3      0.4       0.1      0.0       0.3      0.1   

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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:  November 5, 2010

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