Table 7   Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group:  May and April 2012
          (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      0.8       0.0      0.7        0.5      1.1       0.8      1.3      -0.1      1.3      0.4       1.2        0.5      0.7
								
National Capital Region (NCR)       -0.1      0.3       0.2      0.4        0.3      0.9       1.7      1.3      -0.6      0.4      0.4       0.4        0.3      0.2

Areas Outside NCR                    0.1      1.0      -0.1      0.7        0.5      1.2       0.5      1.3       0.1      1.7      0.4       1.4        0.5      0.9
 								                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative  		  	     		  		      		  		    		  		    	     		   		     		    	    
           Region                    0.3      0.5       0.3      1.3        1.2      0.8       0.4      0.3       0.7     -0.5      0.3       0.3        0.5      0.2
    I  - Ilocos                      0.1      0.5       0.1      0.8        0.2      0.7       0.0      0.2       0.4     -0.3      0.1       0.1        0.2      0.1
   II  - Cagayan Valley             -0.2      0.8      -0.1      0.6        1.1      1.2       1.2      2.1      -1.0      1.6      0.5       1.7        0.5      1.0
  III  - Central Luzon               0.0      1.7      -0.5      1.3        0.1      0.6       1.2      2.3      -0.6      3.2      0.7       1.3        0.4      2.0
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 -0.2      0.9      -0.4      0.9        0.1      1.3       0.1      1.2      -0.5      1.2      0.2       1.5        0.1      0.5
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                    0.2      0.8       0.3      0.4        0.7      0.7       0.3      0.7       0.0      2.1      0.6       0.6        0.2      0.3
    V  - Bicol                      -0.2      0.6      -0.3      0.9        0.5      0.5       0.3      0.6      -0.4     -0.2r     0.3       0.6        0.4      1.2
   VI  - Western Visayas             0.7      0.9       0.5      0.7        0.5      1.9       0.6      1.7       1.7      1.7      0.2       2.8        0.5      0.3
  VII  - Central Visayas             0.7      2.1       0.6      2.1        0.6      4.2       0.2      2.1       1.6      4.2      0.7       1.9        2.3      0.9
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            -0.1      0.6       0.0     -0.2        0.6      0.6       0.4      0.7      -0.5      2.6      0.3       1.2        0.1      0.6
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula         0.2      0.0       0.2     -0.6        1.3      0.9       0.2      0.6       0.5      1.2      1.0       0.7        0.2      0.4
    X  - Northern Mindanao           0.0      0.8      -0.4     -0.3        0.3      1.5       1.0      1.5       0.4      1.6      0.9       4.0        0.9      0.1
   XI  - Davao                       0.0      0.3      -0.4      0.1        1.0      0.1       0.2      0.7       0.3      0.2      0.2       0.5        0.6      0.2
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN                0.4      0.6       0.4      0.5        0.3      0.5       0.4      0.5       0.9      1.5      0.3       0.3        0.6      0.8
 XIII  - Caraga                      0.5      1.3       0.4      1.1        1.5      1.3       1.3      1.7       0.4      1.6      0.5       2.0        1.7      1.2
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			
           in Muslim Mindanao       -0.4      0.1      -0.6      0.1        0.7      0.0       0.1      0.2      -0.2     -0.2      0.2       0.2        0.2      0.4

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Table 7--Concluded

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                                                  |                   |                  |                  | Restaurants and  
                                                  |                   |                  |                  |  Miscellaneous   
 Area and Region                    Transport     |  Communication    |    Recreation    |    Education     |Goods and Services
                                                  |                   |    and Culture   |                  |                  
                                                  |                   |                  |                  |                  
                                 Current Previous | Current Previous  | Current Previous | Current Previous | Current Previous 
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Philippines                         -0.4      1.0       0.1      0.2        0.3      0.6       0.0      0.0       0.6      0.5  

National Capital Region (NCR)       -0.8      0.3       0.3      0.3        0.3      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.1  

Areas Outside NCR                   -0.2      1.2       0.0      0.1        0.3      0.6       0.0      0.0       0.6      0.7  
 								                                                                                            
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                   -0.2      0.1r      0.1      0.0        0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.7  
    I  - Ilocos                     -0.6      1.0       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.4  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             -0.1      0.4       0.2      0.3        0.4      2.4       0.0      0.0       1.3      0.7  
  III  - Central Luzon               0.0      1.6       0.4      0.4        0.3      2.4       0.0      0.0       1.3      0.9  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 -0.4      2.0       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.2  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   -0.1      0.6       0.0     -0.8        0.2     -0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      -0.4      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.3      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.5      1.0  
   VI  - Western Visayas             0.1      0.9       0.0      0.2        0.5      0.4       0.0      0.0       0.4      0.9  
  VII  - Central Visayas            -0.8      0.3       0.0      0.0       -0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       1.0      0.4  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            -0.3      1.4       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1r      0.0      0.0       0.7      0.5  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        -0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.2  
    X  - Northern Mindanao           0.2      3.0       0.0      0.2        0.4      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.6      2.2  
   XI  - Davao                       0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0        0.4      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.7      1.1  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               -0.2      0.5      -1.7      0.0        0.2      0.3       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                      0.0      1.2       0.2     -0.1        0.7      1.1       0.0      0.0       0.8      2.4  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			
           in Muslim Mindanao        0.0      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.2      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 5, 2012

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