Table 7   Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 2011
          (2006 = 100)

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                                                  |                   |                  |                  |                  |    Furnishing,    |  
                                                  |                   |    Alcoholic     |   Clothing and   | Housing, Water,  |Household Equipment|
                                                  |   Food and Non    |  Beverages and   |      Footwear    | Electricity, Gas,|    and Routine    |      Health
Area and Region                     All Items     |    Alcoholic      |     Tobacco      |                  |  and Other Fuels |   Maintenance of  |
                                                  |    Beverages      |                  |                  |                  |     the House	   |
                                                  |                   |                  |                  |                  |                   |
                                 Current Previous | Current Previous  | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous  | Current Previous
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Philippines                          0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1        0.3      0.2       0.2      0.7       0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.2        0.2      0.5

National Capital Region (NCR)       -0.2     -0.2      -0.6     -0.2        0.0      0.0       0.0      1.8       0.2     -0.7       0.0      0.0        0.1      1.3

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

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Table 7--Concluded

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                                                  |                   |                  |                  |                  
Area and Region                                   |                   |                  |                  | Restaurants and  
                                                  |                   |                  |                  |  Miscellaneous   
                                    Transport     |  Communication    |    Recreation    |    Education     |Goods and Services
                                                  |                   |    and Culture   |                  |                  
                                                  |                   |                  |                  |                  
                                 Current Previous | Current Previous  | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous 
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Philippines                          0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       -0.1      0.2       0.0      0.3       0.3      0.2

National Capital Region (NCR)       -0.2      0.1      -0.2      0.0       -0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0

Areas Outside NCR                    0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.2       0.0      0.4       0.3      0.2
 
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	 
           Region                    0.0     -0.2       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.0       0.0      1.5       0.2      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                      0.3     -0.1       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.4       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.2
   II  - Cagayan Valley              0.2     -0.2      -0.1     -0.3       -0.1     -0.4       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.9
  III  - Central Luzon               0.1      0.2       0.1      0.0        0.0      0.1       0.0      0.4       0.0      0.3
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                  0.2      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.4       0.0      0.0       1.0      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                    0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.0       -2.8      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.2
    V  - Bicol                       0.4      0.1       0.0      0.7        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.2       0.2      0.7
   VI  - Western Visayas             0.2     -0.2      -0.1      0.0        0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas             0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.3       0.1      0.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas             0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.2       0.0      0.6       0.4      0.1
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula         0.5      0.1       0.0      0.0        0.4     -0.1       0.0      0.4       0.3      0.0
    X  - Northern Mindanao           0.4      0.0       0.1     -0.2        0.8      0.0       0.0      0.7       0.1      0.2
   XI  - Davao                       0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0        0.3      0.1       0.0      0.6       0.2      0.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN                0.1      0.7       0.0     -0.8        0.1      0.3       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.4
 XIII  - Caraga                      0.1      0.8       0.0     -0.1        0.1     -0.2       0.0      3.3       0.2      0.0
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 
           in Muslim Mindanao        0.1      0.1       0.0     -0.7        0.2      0.2       0.0      7.0       0.3      0.3

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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:  September 6, 2011

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