PRIVATE economists polled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas last month expect 2023 inflation to hit 5.1 percent, breaching the Monetary Board's (MB) 4.5-percent forecast.

Highlights of the MB's December 15 meeting released on Thursday noted that inflation expectations remained elevated ahead of a decision that day to hike the policy rate by 50 basis points.

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