Table 7   Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group:  June and May 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                          0.5      0.1       0.4      0.0        0.4       0.5      0.5      0.8       0.6     -0.1       0.6      0.4        0.3      0.5 
								
National Capital Region (NCR)        0.6     -0.1       0.4      0.2        0.6       0.3      0.8      1.7       1.0     -0.6       1.1      0.4        0.2      0.3 

Areas Outside NCR                    0.5      0.1       0.4     -0.1        0.4       0.5      0.4      0.5       0.4      0.1       0.4      0.4        0.3      0.5 
 								                                                                                                                                  
Regions:							
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative   
           Region                    0.8      0.3       0.4      0.3        0.7       1.2      0.5      0.4       2.3      0.7       0.5      0.3        0.3      0.5 
    I  - Ilocos                      0.0      0.1       0.5      0.1        0.1       0.2      0.0      0.0      -1.4      0.4       0.0      0.1        0.0      0.2 
   II  - Cagayan Valley              0.5     -0.2       0.1     -0.1        0.2       1.1      1.8      1.2      -0.3     -1.0       1.5      0.5        3.4      0.5 
  III  - Central Luzon               0.2      0.0       0.4     -0.5        0.5       0.1      0.2      1.2      -0.2     -0.6       0.2      0.7        0.2      0.4 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                  0.5     -0.2       0.1     -0.4        0.0       0.1      0.2      0.1       1.3     -0.5       0.4      0.2        0.1      0.1 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                    1.0      0.2       1.3      0.3        0.6       0.7      0.5      0.3       0.4      0.0       0.6      0.6        0.1      0.2 
    V  - Bicol                       0.5     -0.2       0.7     -0.3        0.5       0.5      0.3      0.3      -0.6     -0.7r      0.2      0.3        0.4      0.4 
   VI  - Western Visayas             0.7      0.7       0.4      0.5        0.2       0.5      0.7      0.6       1.2      1.7       0.4      0.2        0.4      0.5 
  VII  - Central Visayas             1.3      0.7       1.1      0.6        0.7       0.6      0.5      0.2       2.3      1.6       0.9      0.7        0.5      2.3 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas             0.2     -0.1       0.2      0.0        0.7       0.6      0.2      0.4      -0.5     -0.5       0.1      0.3        0.2      0.1 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula         0.4      0.2       0.5      0.2        0.7       1.3      0.1      0.2       0.4      0.5       0.7      1.0        0.1      0.2 
    X  - Northern Mindanao           0.3      0.0       0.3     -0.4        0.3       0.3      0.5      1.0      -0.3      0.4       0.3      0.9        0.3      0.9 
   XI  - Davao                       0.1      0.0       0.3     -0.4        0.7       1.0      0.2      0.2      -0.9      0.3       0.1      0.2        0.1      0.6 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN                0.3      0.4       0.5      0.4        0.3       0.3      0.4      0.4      -0.6      0.9       0.3      0.3        0.1      0.6 
 XIII  - Caraga                      0.3      0.5      -0.3      0.4        0.7       1.5      1.0      1.3       1.4      0.4       0.8      0.5        0.6      1.7
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			 
           in Muslim Mindanao        0.1     -0.4       0.0     -0.6        0.3       0.7      0.2      0.1      -0.2     -0.2       0.2      0.2        0.1      0.2

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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                         -0.9     -0.4       0.0      0.1        0.3      0.3       4.3      0.0       0.2      0.6 

National Capital Region (NCR)       -1.1     -0.8       0.1      0.3        0.7      0.3       3.3      0.0       0.1      0.3 

Areas Outside NCR                   -0.9     -0.2       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.3       4.6      0.0       0.3      0.6 
 								                                                                                           
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	 
           Region                   -0.5     -0.2       0.0      0.1        0.4     -0.1       1.3      0.0       0.2      0.2 
    I  - Ilocos                     -0.6     -0.6       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       1.6      0.0       0.0      0.1 
   II  - Cagayan Valley             -0.4     -0.1       0.1      0.2        0.5      0.4       4.7      0.0       1.1      1.3 
  III  - Central Luzon              -1.2      0.0       0.0      0.4        0.4      0.3       4.9      0.0       0.4      1.3 
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 -1.4     -0.4       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.1       4.4      0.0       0.2      0.3 
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                   -0.4     -0.1       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.2       9.0      0.0       1.0      0.2 
    V  - Bicol                      -0.4     -0.4       0.0      0.0        0.3      0.3       5.3      0.0       0.5      0.5 
   VI  - Western Visayas            -0.4      0.1       0.2      0.0        0.3      0.5       4.9      0.0       0.6      0.4 
  VII  - Central Visayas            -0.4     -0.8      -0.1      0.0        0.2     -0.2       6.2      0.0       0.9      1.0 
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas            -0.6     -0.3       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.1       3.5      0.0       0.0      0.7 
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        -0.6     -0.4       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.1       2.5      0.0       0.2      0.0 
    X  - Northern Mindanao          -0.6      0.2      -0.1      0.0       -0.1      0.4       6.6      0.0       0.2      0.6 
   XI  - Davao                      -1.1      0.2       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.4       6.7      0.0       0.3      0.7 
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               -0.7     -0.2      -0.2     -1.7        0.4      0.2       1.9      0.0       0.8      0.2 
 XIII  - Caraga                     -0.5      0.0       1.2      0.2        1.0      0.7       1.2      0.0       0.3      0.8
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			 
           in Muslim Mindanao        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.2       6.9      0.0       0.4      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:  July 5, 2012

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