Philippine inflation quickens further as food costs soar; picks up to 4.7% in February, highest since January 2019


A registered teacher wearing a face mask and shield against Covid-19, gestures in front of a computer as she and dozens other teachers conduct a teleconferencing with stuggling students helping them in their school lessons through online distant learning at a local government-sanctioned online tutorial class in Taguig City, south of Manila on March 3,2021. - AFP

MANILA, March 5 (Bloomberg): Inflation in the Philippines continues to gather pace even as the economy struggles to pull itself out of recession.

Consumer prices rose 4.7% in February from a year earlier, the statistics agency reported Friday.

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