HEADLINE inflation likely accelerated in January on higher food and oil prices, further depreciation of the peso and sin tax adjustments, analysts polled by The Manila Times, said.

Five analysts said inflation in the first month of this year could have settled within the 2.8 percent to 2.9 percent range.

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