Headline inflation rose slightly in the first quarter of 2016 to 1.1 percent, nudged upward by modest upticks in selected food items, data from the central bank showed on Friday.

Growth in the consumer price index (CPI) rose from 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in its First Quarter 2016 Inflation Report.

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