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Why stagflation is back on some traders’ radars
A term of old seems to be making a return: stagflation. Find out why.
October 14, 2021
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$NEER policy band
October 14, 2021
Singapore economy
Accumulation in external and domestic cost pressures sees MAS tightening Singdollar policy stance in Oct
The central bank has moved to “raise slightly the slope” of the S$NEER policy band
October 14, 2021
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.
September 23, 2021
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.
September 10, 2021
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.
August 23, 2021
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.
July 23, 2021
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%.
July 23, 2021
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".
July 13, 2021
Broker's Calls
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%.
June 24, 2021