Headline inflation likely accelerated to 3.4 percent in September, the Finance department said, driven by higher prices of food and non-food commodities.

The forecast figure — still within the 2 percent to 4 percent target for the year -- is higher than the 3.1 percent registered in August and the 2.3 percent recorded a year earlier.

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