1.   As long as the corn crop forecast continues to dwindle, economists will raise their outlook on food price inflation.

2.   Free trade with Mexico also is helping curb food inflation.

3.   Slowing food inflation also may lead Filipinos to allocate more of their household budgets to consumer goods such as beer and soft drinks.

4.   Slowing food inflation may also lead Filipinos to allocate more of their household budgets to consumer goods such as beer and soft drinks.

5.   The price of processed food remained unchanged in August, limiting the effect of food inflation.

6.   Economists said the February data was marked by a sizable drop in food inflation, which carries a heavy weight on the broad consumer price index.

7.   Economists said the March data was affected by a sizable drop in food inflation, which has a heavy weighting on the consumer price index.

8.   The difficulty of controlling food inflation now is attributable largely to the depreciating ringgit.

9.   Food inflation was again the main factor in the increase in June.

10.   It is the first time since March last year that food price inflation is below the general inflation level, the office said as quoted by SAPA agency.