INFLATION likely decelerated further this month on the back of lower fuel, rice and power prices, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced on Friday.

In a statement, the central bank said its Department of Economic Research projected consumer price growth “to settle within the 1.3- [to] 2.1-percent range” in August.

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