Table 7.  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: May and April 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                         0.0      0.6r      0.1     -0.1       0.2      0.3r      0.0      0.3r    -0.4       3.7r      0.0      1.0       0.2      0.2

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.4      0.9r      0.3      0.0       0.0      0.1r     -0.1      0.3r    -3.1       5.3r     -0.5      1.1       0.1      0.2

Areas Outside NCR                   0.2      0.3r      0.1     -0.1       0.4      0.3r      0.1      0.3      1.0       2.8r      0.3      0.9       0.2      0.1
							                                                                                                                                  
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                   0.2      0.3       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.3      0.0      1.9       1.6       0.2      0.4       0.1      0.1
    I  - Ilocos                     0.4      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.0      2.9       1.9       0.1      0.7       0.1      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.3      0.4       0.2     -0.2       0.5      0.0       0.0      0.0      1.6       1.6       0.3      2.3       0.2      0.2
  III  - Central Luzon              0.2      0.2      -0.1      0.0       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.1      1.2       1.1       0.3      0.6       0.3      0.2
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.1      0.8r     -0.1     -0.1       0.9      0.7       0.1      0.7     -0.9       4.5       0.6      1.3       0.2      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  -0.4     -0.2      -0.8     -0.7       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      0.3       1.3       0.1      0.6       0.1      0.1
    V  - Bicol                     -0.2      0.3      -0.5      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1      0.4       1.3       0.2      0.8       0.1      0.1
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.5      0.6       0.6     -0.5       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.1      1.7       8.7       0.1      0.6       0.2      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.2      0.3       0.0      0.3      1.1       0.9       0.2      0.5       0.2      0.3
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.6      0.2       0.5      0.0       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0      2.0       2.0       0.4      0.7       0.2      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        0.2      0.2       0.0     -0.2       0.1      0.0       0.1      0.0      1.8       1.2       0.1      1.4       0.0      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.4      0.2       0.2     -0.1       0.1      0.4       1.1      0.1      1.7       0.5       0.4      1.2       0.0      0.2
   XI  - Davao                      0.2      0.3      -0.1      0.0       0.7      0.3       0.1      0.1      1.3       2.2       0.2      0.6       0.1      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               0.4      0.7       0.2      0.4       0.3      0.1       0.4      0.4      3.0       3.3       0.1      1.2       0.0      0.1
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.3      0.4       0.1     -0.1       0.8      0.9       0.6      1.2      1.4       2.8       0.3      0.8       0.5      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.7     -0.3       0.6     -0.7       0.9      0.2       0.3      0.1      3.3       0.4       0.0      0.7       0.3      0.2

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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:  June 7, 2011

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