Headline inflation likely inched up slightly to 1.4 percent in May on higher food prices during the month, the Department of Finance said.

“Inflation may inch up to 1.4 percent this month, higher than the 1.1 percent price increase last month but still lower than the 1.6 percent price increase in the same month last year,” the department said in its latest Economic Bulletin for the month of May.

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