MANILA— Philippine annual inflation accelerated to 7.7% in October PHCPI=ECI from the previous month’s 6.9%, the statistics agency said on Friday.
Last month’s inflation rate was above the 7.1% median forecast in a Reuters poll, and near the top end of the central bank’s 7.1% to 7.9% forecast for the month.
—Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Writing by Enrico Dela CruzEditing by Ed Davies
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