• Consumer prices rose 5.3% y/y (estimate +4.7%) in August versus +4.7% in July, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority
  ** Estimates range +4.4% to +5.3%, 22 economists
• Core consumer prices rose 6.1% y/y
• Capital region consumer prices rose 5.9% y/y
• Consumer prices rose 6.6% y/y in January to August
• Consumer prices rose 1.1% m/m
• Food and non-alcoholic beverages including vegetables and cereals added to inflation, statistics agency says