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BREAKING: Inflation slows down in March to 4.5% from 4.7% in February, @PSAgovph says | @pplmanuel

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PSA attributes the milder inflation to prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages rising slower during the month | @pplmanuel

PSA says inflation in NCR likewise slowed down to 3.7% in March from the 4.1% logged in February | @pplmanuel

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@pplmanuel PSA says food, non-alcoholic beverages likewise led the slower increase in prices for the month in NCR. These are followed by utilities and furnishing, household equipment | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA says inflation in areas outside NCR likewise cooled to 4.7% | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA says Region V logged the highest inflation print out of all areas outside NCR at 8%, faster than the 7.5% it recorded in February.

Region VII, meanwhile, posted the slowest rate at 1.5% | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA says 6 regions posted slower inflation rates in March, while 7 regions saw inflation quicken in March | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA reports a 5.5% inflation rate for the country's bottom 30% income households in March, unchanged from February | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA: The lifting of the price ceiling [on pork products sold in NCR] ay makaka-apekto sa presyo, makikita natin 'yan sa April report | @pplmanuel

@pplmanuel PSA on how lockdowns affect commodity prices: Wala naman kaming nakita sa inflation. If you notice, yung inflation rate natin ng 2020. Ang nag-contribute talaga sa pagtaas ng inflation last year ay nung Q4, kung kailan nagka-typhoons. | @pplmanuel