India, March 24 -- Singapore's consumer price inflation softened further in February to the lowest level in four years, data published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed on Monday.

The consumer price index rose 0.9 percent on a yearly basis in February, slower than the 1.2 percent increase in January. Meanwhile, economists had expected inflation to ease to 1.0 percent.

Further, this was the lowest inflation since February 2021, when prices had risen 0.7 percent.

Data showed that core inflation also moderated to 0.6 percent in February from 0.8 percent a month ago, driven by lower inflation across all broad core CPI categories other than retail and other goods.

The slowdown in overall inf...