Economy
Is a recession on the heels of Singapore’s sluggish employment growth?
Is a recession on the heels of Singapore’s sluggish employment growth?
The unemployment rate is a primary indicator.
Singapore bank lending drops to seven-month low in December
Total loans and advances dropped to $600 billion.
What Singaporean investors should NOT do in 2016
To make their money grow, Singaporean investors should keep an eye on the headlines, but avoid knee-jerk reactions.
Growth downgrades haunt Singapore as manufacturing rut deepens
Fourth-quarter GDP growth will be trimmed, experts warn.
Chart of the day: This is the extremely sorry state of Singapore’s exports
Escalating China woes are to blame.
Birds of a feather: The SGD is in the same sinking ship as the struggling RMB, analysts warn
Analysts are bearish on both currencies.
Singapore plagued by manufacturing woes as December output sinks 7.9%
This marks the sharpest annual contraction on record.
Analysts shudder over wave of gloomy economic data
Factory output feared to drop to -9.2%.
Daily Briefing: Singapore’s consumer prices extend slump; Singapore interest rate outlook
And here’s how much money a Singapore household spends.
Is the oil price crash bad enough to trigger another MAS easing?
It won’t be the same as 2015, analysts say.
Inflation for Singapore households dips 0.7% in 2H15
On back of lower accommodation, electricity costs.
What is in it for SMEs with the current economic outlook
According to flash estimates, Singapore's economy grew at a respectable rate of 2.1 percent in 2015, close to the official government estimate of 2...
On the Singapore-USA trade relation and the TPP
According to 2014 data, the goods trade relation between Singapore and the USA stands at US$30.2 billion for the exports to Singapore and US$16.4...
Abolish income tax for lowest earners, government urged
They contribute very little to the national budget.
Monkey business: Slowing growth casts a pall over Lunar New Year celebrations
Almost 2 in 5 Singaporeans expect the economy to decline.
Singapore inflation eases to -0.5% in 2015
It’s expected to stay muted in 2016, too.
Singapore supports Lagarde's bid for second IMF term
Her leadership promotes inclusive growth, Tharman says.
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