SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 0.5% in July from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, lower than economists’ forecasts.
The core inflation rate, which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs, compared with a forecast of 0.6% in a Reuters poll of economists.
Headline inflation was 0.6% in annual terms in July, lower than economists’ forecast of 0.7%.
(Reporting by Xinghui Kok; Editing by John Mair)
