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- Mr Yawar Shah, Chairman, SWIFT Mr Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO, SWIFT ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. A Revolution in Communications “What hath God wrought?" read the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel Morse on 24th May, 1844. The telegraph marked a revolution in communications at the time. Transatlantic telegraph cables cut communications between America and Europe from about 10 days – the time it took for steam ships to sail across the Atlantic – to a matter of minutes. In fact, the mid
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- Industry partners, Representatives from our 5 polytechnics, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Introduction Thank you Ngee Ann Polytechnic for hosting today’s Growing Timber series by MAS and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF). It is my third time here in Ngee Ann. I have been here every year since 2021. Thank you to Kok Kiang and Mei Fong for being great hosts. Happy to be here on invitation of my MAS colleagues. Many of you are here to learn about the financial sector. I hope I
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- This April 2017 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah 2 Consumer Price Developments in April 2017 CPI-All Items inflation was lower in April, coming in at 0.4% compared to 0.7% in March, on account of base effects associated with the timing of the disbursement of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates.1 In comparison, MAS Core Inflation rose to 1.7% in April
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- This July 2017 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah 3 4 Consumer Price Developments in July 2017 Both CPI-All Items inflation and MAS Core Inflation came in slightly higher in July, at 0.6% and 1.6% respectively, compared to 0.5% and 1.5% in June. CPI-All Items inflation edged up to 0.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in July CPI-All Items inflation rose to 0.6% y-o-y
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- This May 2017 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah 2 Consumer Price Developments in May 2017 CPI-All Items inflation rose to 1.4% in May from 0.4% in the preceding month, due to base effects associated with the timing of the disbursement of Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) rebates. Meanwhile, MAS Core Inflation edged down to 1.6% from
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- This October 2019 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Consumer Price Developments in October 2019 MAS Core Inflation moderated to 0.6% on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis in October, from 0.7% in September, due to a steeper decline in the cost of electricity & gas and a slower pace of increase in services costs. CPI-All Items inflation eased to 0.4% y-o-y in October, from 0.5% in
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- This September 2015 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah 2 Consumer Price Developments in September 2015 CPI-All Items inflation came in at -0.6% y-o-y in September CPI-All Items inflation came in at -0.6% in September, compared to -0.8% in August, largely on account of a stronger pickup in the prices of consumer services and retail items. Services inflation
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- This November 2015 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah Consumer Price Developments in November 2015 CPI-All Items inflation came in at -0.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in November CPI-All Items inflation was -0.8% in November, unchanged from October. While the decline in private road transport cost was more modest, CPI-All Items inflation remained unchanged as food and
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- This Janurary 2015 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah 2 3 Consumer Price Developments in January 2015 CPI-All Items inflation came in at -0.4% y-o-y in January CPI-All Items inflation eased to -0.4 % in January from -0.1% in December 2014, mainly on account of sharper price declines in direct oil-related items as well as lower food and services inflation
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- This October 2015 report contains an update of the latest consumer price developments in Singapore, prepared by MAS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. sdzkl1;Yah Consumer Price Developments in October 2015 CPI-All Items inflation came in at -0.8% y-o-y in October CPI-All Items inflation eased to -0.8% in October from -0.6% in September, mainly due to the lower costs of oil-related and retail items. The cost of oil-related items fell by 10.1%,