The Philippines looks to be on the verge of passing legislation to allow in more rice imports. If the bill passes, it should lead to a sharp drop in inflation and would reduce the pressure for further aggressive interest rate hikes. Meanwhile, the introduction of a new sales tax in Malaysia is unlikely to lead to a sharp rise inflation, but will only go some of the way towards filling the gap in revenues caused by abolition of the Goods and Service Tax earlier this year.
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