Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: April and March 2011
          (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                         0.8      0.3      -0.1     -0.1       0.2      0.3       0.2      0.2       6.4      0.4r      1.0      1.4r      0.2      0.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)       1.6      0.2       0.0     -0.6       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1      11.6     -0.5       1.1      2.1       0.2      0.2 

Areas Outside NCR                   0.4      0.3      -0.1      0.1       0.3      0.4       0.3      0.3       3.6      0.9r      0.9      1.0r      0.1      0.3 
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.3     -1.0       0.2     -0.5       0.1      0.5       0.0      0.0       1.6     -9.8r      0.4      1.1       0.1      0.1 
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.4       0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.1       2.4      3.3       0.7      0.6       0.1      0.2 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.4      0.1      -0.2     -0.6       0.0      0.2       0.0      2.8       1.6      0.4       2.3      1.2       0.2      0.4 
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      0.3r      0.0     -0.2       0.1      0.2       0.1      0.1       1.1      2.5r      0.6      0.8       0.2      0.4 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 1.1      0.1r     -0.1     -0.5       0.7      0.5       0.7      0.3       7.9      1.0r      1.3      0.9       0.2      0.3 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.2      0.1r     -0.7     -0.3       0.3      0.5       0.1      0.1       1.3      1.1r      0.6      0.8       0.1      0.2 
    V  - Bicol                      0.3      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.1       1.3      1.1       0.8      1.1       0.1      0.1 
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.6      0.4      -0.5      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.1      0.1       8.7      0.4       0.6      0.5r      0.1      0.6 
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.3      0.0       0.1     -0.2       0.3      0.2       0.3      0.0       0.9     -0.3       0.5      0.9       0.3      0.2 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.2      0.8       0.0      0.7       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       2.0      2.0r      0.7      1.1       0.0      0.1 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.2      1.2      -0.2      1.4       0.0      1.0       0.0      0.6       1.2      1.5       1.4      1.2       0.1      0.4 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.2      0.7      -0.1      0.5       0.4      0.4       0.1      0.1       0.5      1.0       1.2      1.3       0.2      0.4 
   XI  - Davao                      0.3      0.7       0.0      0.5       0.3      0.4       0.1      0.3       2.2      0.1       0.6      2.0       0.2      0.4 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.7      0.5       0.4      0.4       0.1      0.3       0.4      0.1       3.2      0.6       1.2      0.9       0.1      0.2 
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.4      1.2      -0.1      1.4       0.9      0.1       1.2      1.6       2.8      1.1       0.8      0.7       0.0      0.2 
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao      -0.3      1.4      -0.7      1.7       0.2      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.4      1.5r      0.7      0.5       0.2      0.6 

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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:  May 5, 2011

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