MONETARY authorities will likely start lowering key interest rates next month even if inflation resumes rising, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. said.

Consumer price growth slowed for the first time in five months in June, to 3.7 percent from 3.9 percent in May, and kept the year-to-date average at 3.5 percent — within the central bank's 2.0- to 4.0-percent target.

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