Surprise move by the MAS likely not its last in 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) surprise move to tighten policy today, ahead of its usual April meeting, probably won’t be its last. We think the added uplift to inflation from a domestic outbreak of Omicron will force the MAS to tighten again this year.

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