Overall inflation in the Philippines slowed down for the second month in a row, posting at 7.6 percent in March from 8.6 percent in February, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. | RonWDomingoINQ /PDI
The March readout is slower than expected, with analysts having forecast 8 percent and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, 7.8 percent.National Statistician Dennis Mapa said this was mainly due to slower price increases in the food and non-alcoholic beverages group of commodities as well as in transport and housing, utilities and fuel
However, core inflation which excludes items that are considered volatile like food and energy, heated up again to 8 percent in March from 7.8 percent in FebruaryAmong 13 commodity groups, five showed faster prices increases, five others showed slower and three showed the same rates as in February.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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