Forecasters on Friday anticipated that the following Monday’s release of Singapore’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) would come in around 1.1% year over year (y/y), assigning 84% odds of a number exceeding 0.8% and a 76% probability that the result wouldn’t arrive ahead of 1.2%. At the time, the monthly Reuters poll of nine economists sported an expected median of 1.3% against the backdrop of minimum and maximum values of 1.1% and 1.5%.
Japan CPI Was Expected to Grow Around 1.8% Y/Y
Also on Friday, Japan’s CPI was expected to land at around 112.8, which would mark a 1.8% y/y climb from February 2025’s index value of 110.8. The odds of a number north of 112.8 were 44%, while a figure that fails to exceed it was at 54%. The “Yes” and “No” at the upper and lower levels were at 20% for the 113.2 statistic while 112.4 was at 25%. For context, this was a projection for a modest month-over-month drop, since January’s print came in at 112.9.
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