INFLATION could have edged up in December due to higher food and power costs, analysts polled by The Manila Times said, but still averaged within target for the entire year.

The median forecast was 2.6 percent, slightly higher than November's 2.5-percent result and in line with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) 2.3- to 3.1-percent estimate

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