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フィリピンのインフレ率が4月に7.2%上昇

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-- フィリピンの4月のインフレ率は、中東紛争が生活必需品、特に原油価格に重くのしかかり、3年ぶりの高水準となった。 フィリピン統計局が火曜日に発表したデータによると、消費者物価指数(CPI)は前年同月比7.2%上昇した。3月のCPI上昇率は4.1%、2025年4月のCPI上昇率は1.4%だった。 今回のCPI上昇率は、ブルームバーグが調査したアナリストやフィリピン中央銀行(Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)の予想である5.6%~6.4%を上回った。INGのCPI上昇率予測である5%は、今回の数値とはかけ離れていた。 インフレ率の上昇は、中東紛争による原油価格の高騰に加え、食料、エネルギー、輸送費の上昇が主な要因とされている。 フィリピン統計庁(PSA)によると、輸送指数は3月の9.9%から21.4%に急上昇し、公共料金、住宅、その他の燃料も前月比で4.7%から8.2%に上昇した。食料品と非アルコール飲料は2.9%から6%上昇した。 フィリピン通信社(PNA)によると、経済・計画・開発省のアルセニオ・バリサカン長官は、イラン内戦の中、燃料の安定供給を確保するため、エネルギー省が代替エネルギー源を模索していると述べた。 「中東紛争が燃料供給網を混乱させる中、政府は特に食料、エネルギー、輸送における価格上昇圧力を抑制し、国内供給の安定を確保するため、的を絞った介入を強化している」とバリサカン長官は述べた。 アナリストは、フィリピン中央銀行(BSP)が高インフレに対応するため、主要政策金利を引き上げるだろうと予想している。4月には政策金利が0.25ポイント引き上げられ、4.5%となった。 フィリピン諸島銀行のエコノミスト、エミリオ・ネリ・ジュニア氏は、中央銀行が通常の25ベーシスポイント以上の利上げを行う可能性があると述べた。一方、ブルームバーグ・ニュースの報道によると、リサール商業銀行のチーフエコノミスト、マイケル・リカフォート氏は、フィリピン中央銀行は50ベーシスポイントの利上げを余儀なくされる可能性があると述べた。 同報道によると、フィリピン中央銀行は6月に会合を開く予定だ。

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