23 Jul 2008
July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore's inflation unexpectedly held at 7.5 percent for a third straight month in June, signaling consumer price gains may have peaked after the central bank allowed faster appreciation in the currency.The gain in the consumer price index was lower than all but one estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 18 economists, where the median was for an 8 percent increase. Prices fell 0.3 percent from May, the Department of Statistics said today.
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