Table 7   Month-on-Month Regional Inflation Rates by Commodity Group: October and September 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     -0.1      -0.3      0.4        0.3      0.1       0.1      0.2      -0.1     -1.1       0.2      0.2        0.2      0.1   
								
National Capital Region (NCR)       -0.1     -0.7      -0.7     -0.1        0.7      0.3       0.2      0.1       0.4     -2.6       0.1      0.8        0.1      0.0   

Areas Outside NCR                   -0.1      0.2      -0.1      0.5        0.2      0.1       0.1      0.2      -0.2     -0.4       0.2      0.2        0.2      0.1   
 								                                                                                                          
Regions:							
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative  
           Region                    0.1      0.5       0.1      1.1        0.1      0.3       0.7      0.8       0.2     -0.3       0.2      0.4        0.1      0.1   
    I  - Ilocos                     -0.5      0.6       0.1      0.7        0.1      0.7       0.0      0.0      -2.5      0.5       0.1      0.0        0.1      0.2   
   II  - Cagayan Valley              0.1      0.9      -0.1      1.3        0.0      0.2       0.1      0.3       0.6      1.0       0.1      0.0        0.0      0.1   
  III  - Central Luzon              -0.4      0.5      -0.9      1.0        0.6      0.1       0.2      0.0      -0.2      0.2       0.6      0.0        0.4      0.1   
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                  0.0     -0.3      -0.2      0.6        0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1       0.3     -2.8       0.1      0.1        0.0      0.2   
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                    0.1      0.2       0.4      0.6        0.2      0.3       0.1      0.3      -0.5     -0.6       0.1      0.4        0.1      0.2   
    V  - Bicol                      -0.2      0.4       0.1      0.5        0.2      0.0       0.2      0.1      -1.7      0.2       0.1      0.1        0.1      0.1   
   VI  - Western Visayas             0.1      0.1       0.4     -0.1        0.0      0.2       0.0      0.2      -0.5      0.5       0.2      0.5        0.0      0.1   
  VII  - Central Visayas             0.0      0.2       0.1      0.1        0.1      0.0       0.1      0.1      -0.4      0.4       0.2      0.5        0.1      0.1   
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas             0.1      0.4       0.0      0.3        0.6      0.1       0.1      0.2       0.5      0.7       0.1      0.3        0.1      0.1   
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula         0.1      0.0       0.1     -0.1        0.4      0.5       0.1      0.2       0.1     -0.1       0.0      0.1        0.2      0.2   
    X  - Northern Mindanao           0.1      0.1       0.1      0.0        0.4      0.0       0.1      0.2       0.0     -0.1       0.2      0.1        0.1      0.0   
   XI  - Davao                       0.2      0.2       0.3      0.2        0.2      0.2       0.2      0.4       0.2      0.6       0.0      0.1        0.4      0.0   
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN               -0.1     -0.1      -0.4     -0.2        0.1      0.1       0.2      0.1       0.1     -0.2       0.0      0.2        0.1      0.1   
 XIII  - Caraga                      0.0      0.3      -0.2     -0.1        0.1      0.1       0.1      0.3       0.4      1.2       0.1      0.1        0.3      0.4  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			
           in Muslim Mindanao        0.1      0.2       0.1      0.2        0.3      0.1       0.2      0.2       0.1      0.7       0.0      0.0        0.3      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                         -0.1      0.6       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1   

National Capital Region (NCR)        0.0      0.8       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0   

Areas Outside NCR                   -0.1      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.1   
 								                                                                           
Regions:
  CAR  - Cordillera Administrative	
           Region                   -0.2      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.2  
    I  - Ilocos                     -0.2      0.6       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0  
   II  - Cagayan Valley             -0.1      0.8      -0.8     -0.1        0.1      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.4  
  III  - Central Luzon               0.0      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0  
 IV-a  - Calabarzon                 -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.0  
 IV-b  - Mimaropa                    0.0      0.7       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.6      0.2  
    V  - Bicol                      -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.5      0.4  
   VI  - Western Visayas            -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.1  
  VII  - Central Visayas            -0.1      0.6       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.5  
 VIII  - Eastern Visayas             0.4      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.0  
   IX  - Zamboanga Peninsula        -0.1      0.3       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1  
    X  - Northern Mindanao          -0.2      0.5       0.0      0.0        0.3      0.0       0.0      0.0       0.1      0.2  
   XI  - Davao                      -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.0      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.3      0.2  
  XII  - SOCCSKSARGEN                0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       -0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.2      0.2  
 XIII  - Caraga                     -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.1      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.0      0.1  
 ARMM  - Autonomous Region 			
           in Muslim Mindanao       -0.1      0.4       0.0      0.0        0.2      0.2       0.0      0.0       0.3      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 6, 2012

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