Consumer price index (CPI)

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Accumulation in external and domestic cost pressures sees MAS tightening Singdollar policy stance in Oct - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Accumulation in external and domestic cost pressures sees MAS tightening Singdollar policy stance in Oct

The central bank has moved to “raise slightly the slope” of the S$NEER policy band
Accumulation in external and domestic cost pressures sees MAS tightening Singdollar policy stance in Oct - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Accumulation in external and domestic cost pressures sees MAS tightening Singdollar policy stance in Oct

The central bank has moved to “raise slightly the slope” of the S$NEER policy band
Singapore all-items CPI up 2.4% in August; core inflation up by 1.1% y-o-y - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Singapore all-items CPI up 2.4% in August; core inflation up by 1.1% y-o-y

MAS core inflation is still expected to average between 0-1%; CPI-All items inflation is forecast to come in between 1-2% in 2021.
MAS likely to shift S$NEER policy stance in October amid expectations of a rise in core inflation levels: JP Morgan - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

MAS likely to shift S$NEER policy stance in October amid expectations of a rise in core inflation levels: JP Morgan

Economists from JP Morgan have penciled a rise in Singapore’s core inflation levels in the next six to nine months.
Singapore all-items CPI up 2.5% y-o-y in July - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Singapore all-items CPI up 2.5% y-o-y in July

The higher headline inflation was mainly due to the higher electricity & gas costs, higher accommodation and food inflation.
Singapore's consumer price index grows across all household income groups in 1H2021 - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Singapore's consumer price index grows across all household income groups in 1H2021

The increase is partly due to low base effects from the previous year.
Singapore's headline inflation comes in at 2.4% for June; MAS and MTI raise forecast - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Singapore economy

Singapore's headline inflation comes in at 2.4% for June; MAS and MTI raise forecast

MAS and MTI have raised their headline inflation forecast for 2021 to between 1%-2%.

Singapore economy

CPI for retiree households up by 0.1%, while CPI for households with young children decline by 0.4% in 2020: SingStat

SingStat, on July 13, released an Occasional Paper on “The CPI for Retiree Households and Households with Young Children".

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Economists raise Singapore 2021 CPI forecast after May headline inflation beats estimates

Singapore's headline inflation rose 2.4% y-o-y in May, beating Bloomberg consensus estimates of 2.2%.
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