Table 8.  Year-on-Year 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                        4.5      4.3r      4.2      4.2       2.1      2.0r      2.1      2.3       8.7      6.0r      6.5      6.5       1.3      1.2

 National Capital Region (NCR)     4.2      3.5r      3.4      3.3       0.7      0.8r      2.5      2.6       4.6     -1.3r      8.2      8.4       0.7      0.6

 Areas Outside NCR                 4.6      4.6       4.4      4.5       2.6      2.4       1.9      2.0      10.9     10.5r      5.5      5.3       1.5      1.4
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative
           Region                  4.1      4.6       4.0      5.1       2.1      2.1       2.7      2.5       7.9      8.3       5.1      4.9       0.6      0.6
    I  - Ilocos                    4.0      3.8       2.9      2.7       0.9      0.8       4.4      4.9      14.9     12.4       3.6      3.7       0.6      0.6
   II  - Cagayan Valley            5.9      5.7       5.2      5.1       1.9      1.4       3.0      3.2      15.1     13.4       8.1      8.0       1.9      1.8
  III  - Central Luzon             4.3      4.3       3.6      4.0       3.2      2.7       0.9      1.1      13.5     11.4       5.3      5.2       1.8      1.7
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                4.6      4.3r      4.2      4.3       4.7      3.9       2.0      2.4       8.5      5.4r      6.4      6.2       1.9      1.7
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                  3.7      4.3       3.7      4.5       2.8      2.9       1.6      1.7      12.7     12.7       2.6      2.6       1.6      1.5
    V  - Bicol                     3.5      3.7       3.5      3.7       1.5      1.3       1.1      1.2       8.0      9.2       4.3      4.4       1.5      1.6
   VI  - Western Visayas           5.4      5.2       4.6      4.7       1.1      1.2       1.5      1.5      18.3     17.4       6.2      6.0       1.5      1.2
  VII  - Central Visayas           4.0      4.6       3.9      3.7       1.7      1.5       0.9      0.9      12.6     24.0       4.1      3.9       1.4      1.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas           4.1      3.4       4.3      3.4       0.9      0.9       0.2      0.2      12.2      9.7       4.0      3.8       0.5      0.2
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       5.0      5.4       6.4      6.4       2.3      2.3       1.5      1.4       1.3      6.0       6.2      6.1       1.1      1.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao         5.7      5.8       6.8      7.0       2.4      2.6       5.6      4.2       3.6      4.9       5.8      5.6       1.4      1.4
   XI  - Davao                     5.0      5.3       5.1      5.8       3.5      3.2       1.3      1.3       7.4      8.8       6.7      6.6       1.8      2.0
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              4.5      4.6       4.9      5.0       1.7      1.5       1.9      1.8       7.6      7.7       5.5      5.4       1.0      1.0
 XIII  - Caraga                    6.3      6.3       6.8      6.8       3.7      2.9       4.0      3.4      13.4     15.5       4.4      3.8       1.4      0.8
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao      5.9      5.3       6.6      5.9       3.8      3.0       1.9      1.6      11.9      9.6       3.4      3.4r      3.5      3.4

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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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