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Pulpulitiko's earlier forecast piece noted economists expected 6.4 to 7.4 percent; the actual reading landed inside that band, which the Star says matches the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecast range.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>"Within forecast" is the sort of phrase that sounds like good news until you remember the target is far lower. At 7.2 percent, prices are rising at a pace that the central bank's own forecasts anticipated, and that it evidently did not prevent.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Where prices rose\u003C/h2>\n\n\u003Cp>Per the Star's report, food and non-alcoholic beverages climbed to 6.7 percent from 4.6 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and fuels reached 8.4 percent from 7.9 percent; and transport hit 14.6 percent from 13.5 percent. 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