HALISTER1: INSIDE SINGAPORE: Currency Heading for Worst Month Since August

INSIDE SINGAPORE: Currency Heading for Worst Month Since August

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore dollar has weakened 2.6% this month vs U.S. dollar; Singapore M2 money supply due today at 10am local time; click here for a chart of the trend.
  • Singapore headline inflation may only turn positive toward the end of the year, Goldman Sachs economists write in note received May 30
    • See a marginal increase in full-year average to -0.4% in 2016 from -0.5% in 2015; policy makers continue to expect core inflation to pick up gradually in 2016 as the disinflationary effects of oil as well as budgetary and other one-off measures ease
  • USD/SGD now down 0.2% to 1.3795, below 100-DMA at 1.3818
  • AUD/SGD showing bullish momentum divergence between falling cross rate and rising slow stochastics; cross now steady at 0.9925, down 2.9% this month
  • Singapore PM visits Finance Minister Heng in hospital, says he’s recovering well
  • Singapore reappoints 4 directors to central bank board
  • 10-year govt bond yield rose yesterday by 7 bps to 2.2428%, highest daily close since March 2
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Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

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