Singapore's key price gauge flashes deflation for first time in decade on virus woes
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's main price gauge slipped into deflation for the first time in over a decade in February, data showed on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic drove declines in airfares and holiday expenses.Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting a 0.1% year- on-year rise in core inflation - the central bank's favoured price measure.But the downturn in prices in the services sector due to the outbreak led to a fall of 0.1% from a year earlier - the first deflationary print..