Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Philippine June Inflation Unexpectedly Drops to 2.3 Percent on Peso Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Philippine inflation unexpectedly
slowed in June as the peso's gains held down the cost of imports
and curbed price increases amid higher oil prices.

Consumer prices rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier,
falling from 2.4 percent in May, the National Statistic Office
said today in Manila. The median estimate of 14 economists
surveyed by Bloomberg News was a 2.5 percent rate.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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