INFLATION moderated to 1.3 percent in January after picking up in the last two months of 2015, the government reported on Friday, on the back of lower food and non-food prices.

Last month’s result was slower than the 1.5 percent recorded in December and November’s 1.1 percent. It was also below the 2.4 percent seen in January last year.

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