Philippine headline inflation for December was at two-year high as it jumped to 4.1 percent from 3.3 percent in November, as prices of commodity groups increased which was attributed to the devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda and power rate hikes.

Data from the National Statistic Office (NSO) showed that his was the highest inflation since December 2011, while inflation a year ago was 3 percent.

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