Philippine headline inflation likely further accelerated in February due to low base effects and higher prices of food, oil and electricity, analysts polled by The Manila Times said.

Projections for the month ranged from 4.6 to 5.0 percent with a 4.8-percent average — higher than the 4.2-percent in January and year-earlier’s 2.6 percent.

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