HEADLINE inflation settled at a two-year high of 3.4 percent in April on the back of slower price adjustments in electricity and gas and slightly higher prices of food commodities, Philippine Statistics Authority data showed on Friday.

It was the fastest since November 2014, when inflation registered at 3.7 percent, surpassing the first two-year high of 3.3 percent in February.

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