INFLATION accelerated further in March, rising to 4.3 percent from 3.8 percent a month earlier on the back of continued increases in food, beverage, tobacco and utility prices.

The result, which exceeded the government’s 2.0-4.0 percent target band for the year, was slightly higher than the 4.3 percent average in a Manila Times poll of economists.

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