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Singapore headline CPI sees off deflationary trend for first time in 2 years

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Reuters SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's headline consumer price index was flat in November from a year earlier, coming off a deflationary trend for the first time in two years, data showed on Friday.

The all-items consumer price index (CPI) in November was flat at 0.0 percent from a year earlier, after falling 0.1 percent in October, matching the median forecast in a Reuters poll.

Singapore's core CPI rose 1.3 percent in November from a year earlier, in line with the median forecast in the Reuters survey.

(Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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First Published: Jan 23 2017 | 2:48 PM IST

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