Limited demand-pull inflationary pressures will keep consumer prices high in the Philippines, an economist warned on Tuesday.

In a report, Nalin Chutchotitham, Citi economist for the Philippines, announced that the New York-based banking giant raised its average inflation estimate for the country this year to 3.6 percent from the earlier 3.3 percent.

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