Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: March and February 2011
          (2000 = 100)

==================================================================================================================================================================
                                    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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philippines                         0.3      1.1      -0.1      1.2       0.3      0.2       0.2      0.3       0.2      2.1r      1.3      1.1       0.2      0.2  

National Capital Region (NCR)       0.2      1.2      -0.6      0.9       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.3      -0.5      4.0       2.1      1.6       0.2      0.0  

Areas Outside NCR                   0.3      1.1       0.1      1.4       0.4      0.2       0.3      0.3       0.6      1.1r      0.9      0.9       0.3      0.2  
							                                                                                                                                   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  -0.1      0.5      -0.5      0.8       0.5      0.5       0.0      0.0      -0.9     -0.3       1.1      0.4       0.1      0.1  
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.8r     -0.2      0.6       0.2      0.0       0.1      1.5       3.3      1.9r      0.6      0.6       0.2      0.0  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.1      0.6      -0.6      0.6       0.2      0.2       2.8      0.0       0.4     -0.4       1.2      2.2       0.4      0.4  
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      1.0      -0.2      1.3       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.1       1.2      2.2       0.8      0.6       0.4      0.0  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                -0.1      1.0      -0.5      1.0       0.5      0.3       0.3      0.1      -0.9      1.2       0.9      1.5       0.3      0.3  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.0      0.8      -0.3      0.9       0.5      0.4       0.1      0.1       1.0      3.4       0.8      0.3       0.2      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.2       0.1      0.5       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.1       1.1     -1.4       1.1      0.3       0.1      0.1  
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.4      1.1       0.3      1.2       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.4      0.7       0.7      1.9       0.6      0.1  
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.0      1.4      -0.2      2.1       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0      -0.3      1.3       0.9      0.6       0.2      0.0  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.8      0.5       0.7      0.7       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       2.3      0.1r      1.1      0.2       0.1      0.1  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        1.2      1.6r      1.4      1.8       1.0      0.7       0.6      0.4       1.5      3.8r      1.2      0.7       0.4      0.1  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.7      2.3       0.5      3.7       0.4      0.5       0.1      1.4       1.0     -0.4       1.3      0.4       0.4      0.4  
   XI  - Davao                      0.7      1.5       0.5      2.3       0.4      0.3       0.3      0.1       0.1      3.2       2.0      0.2       0.4      0.1  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.5      0.8r      0.4      1.3       0.3      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.6     -0.7       0.9      0.6       0.2      0.1  
 XIII  - Caraga                     1.2      1.3       1.4      2.1       0.1      0.3       1.6      0.1       1.1      0.1       0.7      0.3       0.2      0.1  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.4      1.5       1.7      1.9       0.3      0.4       0.1      0.7       1.3      0.7       0.5      0.9       0.6      0.4  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  April 5, 2011

Related press release | CPI/Inflation Rates statistics index