The core inflation rate - which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs - climbed 3.4% year-on-year in August
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Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 3.4% in August, almost matching economists' forecasts, official data showed on Monday.
The core inflation rate - which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs - climbed 3.4% year-on-year in August, almost in line with a forecast in a Reuters poll of economists of 3.5%.
Headline inflation in August was up 4% from the same month last year, as forecast in the poll. (Reporting by Chen Lin in Singapore; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
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