Education and healthcare costs have been the key domestic inflation drivers in recent years, but overall prices here have remained relatively low, despite turbulence and uncertainty in the global economy, say analysts.
The consumer price index (CPI) figures are released every month to track how much the prices of goods have changed, compared with the same period the year before. But it is not always clear what these figures mean for Singaporeans.
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