MBC expects July inflation
at 3.4%-3.7%
July 30, 2003 - Makati Business Club (MBC) Research expects
the country's inflation rate between 3.4%-3.7% on a year-on-year
basis in July from 3.4% in June. The forecast also assumes that
prices of food, particularly fish and vegetables, rose due to
typhoon "Harurot." Prices of other consumer goods
were expected to have remained stable, discounting any impact
on inflation caused by the 27 July mutiny. Fuel pump prices
and transport fares have likewise remained constant since June.