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SINGAPORE--Singapore's consumer inflation held steady in March from a year earlier, in line with the central bank's view that price pressures will cool this year. The consumer-price index rose 0.9% on year last month, the Department of Statistics said Wednesday. That compared with February's 0.9% expansion and the median estimate for a rise of 1.1% compiled in a Wall Street Journal poll of seven economists. Core CPI, a measure closely watched by the central bank that strips out private road transport and accommodation costs, increased 0.5% in March, the data...