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The rate of increase in consumer prices softened to a four-month low in September due to cheaper food items, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Tuesday. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The country’s headline inflation ticked in at 2.3 percent last month, slower compared...

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said inflation in September could be lower at 2.2 percent, lower than August’s actual 2.4 percent rate. According to Diokno, the BSP’s Department of Economic Research (DER) has projected range of a low of 1.8 percent for September...