© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A ticket of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Financial institution of the Philippines) is seen at their main building in Manila, Philippines March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Drawl

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank would possibly well presumably furthermore think about pausing its financial tightening next month if April inflation would no longer walk, the bank’s governor talked about on Sunday.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Felipe Medalla talked about in a cell phone message to Reuters that a quit in curiosity fee increases used to be conceivable “if the April CPI (client ticket index) is no longer better than the March CPI”.

Medalla talked a pair of “zero or detrimental month-on-month inflation” would possibly well presumably furthermore furthermore enhance the case for a fee hike quit.

Philippine headline inflation eased for a 2nd consecutive month in March to 7.6% from 8.6% in February but it absolutely remained above the central bank’s 2%-4% purpose for the yr.

To address inflation, the BSP has raised its benchmark curiosity fee by 425 basis aspects since Would possibly presumably last yr to 6.25%. Medalla has talked about future coverage strikes would be recordsdata-dependent. It next meets on Would possibly presumably 18 to overview coverage.