Singapore October core inflation edges up to 1.9 percent year-on-year - Reuters poll

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's core inflation gauge edged higher in October to 1.9 percent from a year earlier due to higher cost of electricity and gas, data showed on Friday. It was slightly above the 1.8 percent on-year increase seen in September, and in line with a Reuters poll. The central bank's core inflation measure excludes changes in the price of cars and accommodation, which are more influenced by government policies. Singapore's headline consumer price index, however, rose less..