Summary
- MAS Core Inflation came in at 0.3% on a year‐on‐year (y‐o‐y) basis in January, lower than the 0.6% recorded in December last year.
- Largely due to lower services inflation and a steeper drop in the cost of retail & other goods.
- Part of the fall in core inflation also reflected the impact of the rebasing of the CPI to 2019 as the base year.
- CPI‐All Items inflation was 0.8% y‐o‐y in January, unchanged from the previous month.
- This occurred as the fall in core inflation was offset by higher private transport inflation and an increase in accommodation cost.
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MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
24 February 2020