April inflation quickens to 3.8%, still within target range

MANILA, Philippines — Inflation slightly quickened to 3.8 percent year-on-year in April, mainly due to costlier vegetables and fish, as well as higher pump prices of petroleum products, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Tuesday. Price growth last month was faster than the 3.7 percent recorded in March. But it remained within the Bangko Sentral ng
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