Press Release | 23 APR 2021 Consumer Price Developments in March 2021 Consumer Price Developments in March 2021 Summary MAS Core Inflation rose to 0.5% on a year‐on‐year (y‐o‐y) basis in March, from 0.2% in February. This increase was driven by higher services inflation, as well as smaller declines in the costs of retail & other goods and electricity & gas. CPI‐All Items inflation increased to 1.3% in March, from 0.7% in February. The uptick reflected higher private transport inflation, in addition to the rise in core inflation. Please click here for the full press release.