MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank on Thursday kept its inflation forecasts for this year and 2018 unchanged, but said risks were tilted to the upside.
It maintained its average inflation forecast for 2017 at 3.4 percent, and for 2018 at 3.0 percent, central bank managing director Francisco Dakila told a news conference.
The central bank, which has a 2-4 percent inflation target for this year and next, kept its benchmark interest rate