ANALYSTS expect inflation, which has risen for the last two months, to breach the 2.0- to 4.0-percent target in April due to rising food prices and base effects.

"[W]e expect headline inflation to eventually breach the BSP's (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) target band until August this year," HSBC Global Research economist Aris Dacanay said.

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