Philippine headline inflation in January accelerated to its fastest pace in more than two years, hitting 2.7 percent on the back of higher prices of non-food items, government data showed on Tuesday.

The consumer price index (CPI) showed a big jump from 1.3 percent a year earlier, although it rose only marginally from 2.6 percent in December 2016.

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