Table 7  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: August and July 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      0.1      -0.1      0.3       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.2       0.2     -1.3r      0.0      0.2       0.1      0.2

National Capital Region (NCR)      -0.1     -0.2      -0.4     -0.1       0.0      0.2       0.1      0.0       0.6     -1.9      -0.3      0.2       0.1      0.0

Areas Outside NCR                   0.1      0.2       0.1      0.4       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.3       0.0     -1.0r      0.2      0.1r      0.1      0.2
							   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative                                                                                                                                
           Region                  -0.2      0.2      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0      -2.4      0.6       0.3      0.2       0.1      0.0
    I  - Ilocos                    -0.2      0.3      -0.5      0.8       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1      -0.4     -0.7       0.3     -0.1       0.0      0.0
   II  - Cagayan Valley            -0.2      0.0r     -0.3      0.1r      0.1      0.5       0.0      0.0      -0.8     -0.6       0.4     -0.2       0.2      0.1
  III  - Central Luzon              0.0      0.4r     -0.1      0.7       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1r      0.3      0.3
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.1      0.3       0.0      0.7       0.3      0.4       0.0      0.6       0.5     -2.1       0.2      0.1       0.2      0.3
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.2      0.2       0.4      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.0     -0.3       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.1
    V  - Bicol                      0.2      0.2r      0.4      0.0       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0      -1.2      1.4r      0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.5     -0.5       0.5      0.0       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.1       2.2     -5.1       0.2      0.0       0.2      0.2
  VII  - Central Visayas            0.2      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.5      0.1       0.1      0.4       0.5     -0.3       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.2
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.3       0.1      0.5       0.2      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.2     -0.6       0.2      0.0r      0.1      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.4      0.1      -0.5     -0.1       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0      -0.8      0.8       0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0
    X  - Northern Mindanao         -0.2      0.6      -0.3      0.6       0.3      0.4       0.1      1.6      -0.4     -0.2       0.2      0.7       0.3      0.1
   XI  - Davao                      0.1      0.3       0.1      0.5       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.0       0.4     -0.7       0.0      0.6       0.2      0.3
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.1      0.6       0.2      0.8       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.1      -2.4     -0.6       0.0      0.8       0.0      0.2
 XIII  - Caraga                     0.3      0.2       0.5      0.0       0.2      0.2       0.0      1.2      -0.5     -0.5       0.1      0.4       0.1      0.1
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0      -0.9     -0.6       0.2      0.0       0.0      0.1

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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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