Headline inflation accelerated to 4.6 percent in the two months to August from 4.4 percent in the full second quarter because of a persistent rise in food prices, the central bank said on Friday.
The rise in consumer price index (CPI) was even faster compared with the 2.4 percent inflation recorded in the corresponding third quarter of 2013, preliminary data for the third quarter 2014 released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.
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