Economics
Philippine Analysts Get Feisty on Twitter in Inflation Spat
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The Philippines Department of Finance blamed analysts for "faulty" forecasts that drove up inflation expectations. Now some analysts are fighting back.
The fracas started on Sunday when the finance department issued a statement saying projections by analysts and economists from 13 institutions were “off the mark” by as much as 0.4 percentage points from the official inflation rates for January to November. It suggested the estimates were "weak".