A woman scans the selection of canned goods at a grocery store in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine annual inflation was1.7% in September, above the previous month's 1.5% rate, the statistics agency said on Tuesday.

Economists in a Reuters poll had expected annual inflation to pick up to 2.0% in September.

(Reporting by Mikhail Flores and Karen Lema; Editing by John Mair)