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Thailand’s headline inflation up 2.82 pct in September-Xinhua

BANGKOK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's headline inflation increased further in September, mainly due to rising fuel costs amid escalating Middle East tensions and higher food prices, official data showed on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.82 percent last month compared to a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.53-percent gain in August and registering the strongest reading since April, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The September figure brings inflation closer to the upper bound of the central bank's 1 percent to 3 percent target range. Core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food and energy prices, climbed 1.50 percent year on year in September, quickening from a 1.44-percent rise in the previous month. For the first nine months of 2...

Philippine inflation rises to 7.2 pct in September-Xinhua

MANILA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' inflation climbed to 7.2 percent in September, up from 6.1 percent in August, driven by higher food, housing, and transport prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. September inflation is significantly higher than the 1.7 percent recorded in the same month last year, according to the PSA. In the first nine months of this year, the Philippines' average inflation reached 5.4 percent, surpassing the government target of 2.0 percent to 4.0 percent. Food inflation rose to 6.7 percent in September from 4.6 percent in the previous month, contributing 2.6 percentage points. Meanwhile, inflation in housing and utilities rose to 8.4 percent from 7.9 percent, with higher rent, electricity, and cooking gas prices, contributi...

Dutch inflation rises to 3.4 pct in September amid higher energy prices-Xinhua

THE HAGUE, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands' inflation rate rose to 3.4 percent year-on-year in September, up from 3.3 percent in August, according to a flash estimate released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on Friday. "The increase was largely driven by higher energy prices, particularly the recent rise in fuel prices," said Aggie van Huisseling, a senior economist at the Group Economics department of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, on Friday. According to CBS, energy prices, including motor fuels, rose 13.9 percent year-on-year in September, accelerating from an 11.6-percent increase in August. Meanwhile, inflation for non-energy industrial goods stood at 1.5 percent, up slightly from 1.4 percent in August. Dutch fuel prices have continued to rise recently amid conflicts in the Middle East...