Philippines' inflation unchanged in May at 4.5 pct
Philippines' inflation unchanged in May at 4.5 pct Xinhua 04 Jun 2021, 14:30 GMT+10 MANILA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' year-on-year headline inflation was posted at 4.5 percent in May, the same rate as in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday. The country's average headline inflation from January to May was posted at 4.4 percent, PSA head Dennis Mapa said in an online press conference. "There were mixed movements in the annual growth rates in the indices of the commodity groups in May 2021," Mapa added. He said the annual growth rates "moved up at faster pac...