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Citi: GE may be held next year due to good economic window

While both headline and core inflation rates have eased recently, public perception has not shifted accordingly

Published Tue, Dec 2, 2014 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

SINGAPORE'S lower-than-usual inflation rate could be one more reason for the ruling party to hold the next General Election earlier than required - in 2015, a Citi economics report suggests.

In a report issued on Monday, Citi economists Kit Wei Zheng and Yap Kim Leng said that the polls - which do not have to be held till 2016 - could be called next year instead, "capitalising on the perceived feel-good factor accompanying the 50th anniversary of independence".

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