Singapore's CPI-All Items inflation surges
Singapore's Consumer Price Index for all items (CPI-All Items) grew 0.6 percent year-on-year in November, compared to a 0.4-percent growth in October, according to a joint statement issued by two government authorities.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in the joint statement that the CPI-All Items inflation increased in the month because of an increase in private road transport inflation and smaller declines in the costs of retail goods and accommodation, even as services inflation eased.
In November, the MAS core inflation, which excludes the costs of accommodation and private road transport, was unchanged at 0.6 percent from October as lower services inflation was offset by a smaller decline in the cost of retail goods.