SINGAPORE, March 23 (Reuters) - Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 1.4% in February from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday.
The core inflation rate, which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs, was slightly higher than the median forecast of 1.3% in a Reuters poll of economists.
Headline inflation was 1.2% in annual terms in February, slightly lower than the poll forecast of 1.3%.

- Official data shows that Singapore's key consumer price index rose by 1.4% year-on-year in February.  
- The core inflation rate, excluding private road transport and accommodation costs, was slightly above the median forecast of 1.3% from a Reuters survey.  
- The overall inflation rate for February was 1.2%, slightly lower than the survey prediction of 1.3%.

Singapore core inflation at 1.4% y/y in February, slightly higher than expected