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MAS: Current settings for exchange rate still 'appropriate'

Central bank thus sees no need to tweak the monetary policy, at least for now

Published Wed, Feb 27, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is maintaining its monetary policy, and has indicated that the current settings for the trade-weighted exchange rate remaining appropriate.

    Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Singapore central bank, said on Wednesday: "The monetary policy remains unchanged. What we will do in April is another matter, depending on the growth and inflation outlook then."