Analysts expect April inflation to settle at 3.3%-3.7%

Higher utilities, food and fuel prices, partly mitigated by lower cooking gas prices, created price pressures to push headline inflation between 3.7 percent and 3.3 percent in April, according to analysts polled by The Manila Times.

Six analysts in poll gave an average estimate of 3.5 percent, faster than the inflation rates a year earlier and last March.