Table 7  Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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                         0.5      0.1       0.9      0.2       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1      -0.5     -0.2      -0.1      0.0       0.2      0.1

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

Areas Outside NCR                   0.3      0.1       0.7      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1      -0.6      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1
							   
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative                                                                                                                                
           Region                   0.7      0.2       1.6      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0      -1.0      0.6      -0.2      0.2       0.1      0.0
    I  - Ilocos                     0.3      0.2       0.7      0.4       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.0      -0.9      0.1      -0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             0.9      0.4       1.7      0.7       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0      -1.0     -0.8      -0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.0
  III  - Central Luzon              0.8      0.1       1.7      0.4       0.1      0.0       0.0      0.1      -0.4     -0.6      -0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 0.3      0.1       0.7      0.2       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1      -0.3     -0.1       0.0     -0.1       0.2      0.2
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   0.3      0.2       0.6      0.3       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0      -0.4      0.6       0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.4
    V  - Bicol                      0.2      0.1       0.3      0.3       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0      -0.4     -0.2r      0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.1
   VI  - Western Visayas            0.1      0.1       0.3     -0.1       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1      -1.1      0.9      -0.1      0.1       0.2      0.1
  VII  - Central Visayas           -0.1     -0.1       0.0     -0.2       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0      -0.5     -0.2       0.0      0.1       0.1      0.1
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            0.1      0.1       0.3      0.1       0.1      0.5       0.0      0.1      -0.5      0.3      -0.1     -0.1       0.0      0.0
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula       -0.2     -0.2      -0.2     -0.2       0.0      0.1       0.0      0.1      -0.7     -1.6      -0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1
    X  - Northern Mindanao          0.0     -0.1       0.3     -0.3       0.1      0.2       0.0      0.0      -1.7      0.6       0.1     -0.1       0.1      0.0
   XI  - Davao                     -0.2      0.2      -0.3      0.4       0.3      0.3       0.0      0.0      -1.0     -0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.1
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN              -0.2     -0.2      -0.4     -0.5       0.1      0.1       0.0      0.1       0.3      0.6r     -0.1      0.1       0.2      0.2
 XIII  - Caraga                    -0.1     -0.2      -0.3     -0.3       0.2      0.5       0.1      0.1       0.0     -0.9       0.0      0.4       0.1      0.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region
           in Muslim Mindanao       1.7      0.0       2.7      0.0      -2.1      0.0       1.0      0.0      -3.6      0.2      -1.2      0.0       3.3      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:  November 4, 2011

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