Been a furry of news these 2 weeks: Singapore car park rates up $0.10 to $0.20, season parking up $15 to $25 Malls, office buildings set to charge higher parking fees Cab firms hit by higher operating licence fees Electricity tariffs to rise by 4.3% Found a picture that adequately describes this: I guess the most direct impact would be those driving cars (3 of the news pertains to car park charges). However, there would definitely knock-on effect to businesses - transportation costs etc. Rising costs would eventually be passed on back to the end-consumers. There's a limit to how much expenses we can save (short of being a hermit) - look to ways to increase income to cope with the rising costs. (1) Increase salary (easier stated than done sometimes) (2) Start a 2nd line of income (part-time tuition maybe?) ......