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Singapore may briefly slip into deflation
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You freaking title is opposite from the article, you chump.
What are you? Makapaa's clone??
What are you? Makapaa's clone??
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Other readings are less sanguine, suggesting that it's more than just a supply-side question. Manu Bhaskaran, founding director of economic consultancy Centennial Asia, sees other disinflationary forces at work.
''Higher costs and a loss of profitability and competitiveness that are causing companies to re-engineer through downsizing, relocation, exiting Singapore, or pressing suppliers to reduce prices of inputs . . . These are inherently disinflationary,'' he said.
Other readings are less sanguine, suggesting that it's more than just a supply-side question. Manu Bhaskaran, founding director of economic consultancy Centennial Asia, sees other disinflationary forces at work.
''Higher costs and a loss of profitability and competitiveness that are causing companies to re-engineer through downsizing, relocation, exiting Singapore, or pressing suppliers to reduce prices of inputs . . . These are inherently disinflationary,'' he said.
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