SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 5.3% in September, slightly more than forecast, official data showed on Tuesday, driven by larger increases in the prices of food, services, retail and other goods.
The core inflation rate – the central bank’s favoured price measure – rose to 5.3% in September on a year-on-year basis, compared with 5.1% in August. A Reuters poll of economists had forecast a 5.2% increase in September.
Headline inflation rose to 7.5%, in line with economists’ forecast.
The central bank had earlier said core inflation was likely to stay at about 5% for the rest of 2022, and into early 2023.
(Reporting by Chen Lin; Editing by Martin Petty)
