UNFAVORABLE base effects and lingering upside risks will continue to push inflation up in the coming months, analysts said, with the peak likely to be hit in July.
Consumer price growth rose for a fourth straight month in May to 3.9 percent, from April's 3.7 percent, due to rising housing, power and utility costs. It was lower, however, than the 4.0 percent expected by economists.
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