News
Private consumption growth to average 4.3% by 2020: BMI
It constitutes an uncharacteristically low fraction of Singapore’s economy.
A high unemployment rate is bad news for Singapore’s banks: analysts
Only 5,500 jobs were created in 2Q.
Here's why Singapore banks can brave deluge of falling property prices
This is despite a possible 24% slash in banks’ earnings.
DBS' US$750m perpetual securities priced at 3.6 per cent
Strong interest raised order book to nearly US$6.5b.
Chart of the Day: Here’s proof that Singapore’s industrial production is more than disappointing
Industrial production plummeted by 3.6%.
Daily Briefing: GIC buys stake in Vietnam bank; Condo prices in central up the most
And here’s the cost of setting up a hawker stall in Singapore.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.14%
Brace for a pullback today.
Corporate income tax revenue grows 3.3% to $13.8b
It had the lion’s share of FY15/16’s tax collection.
Online hiring for Singapore-based bankers spiraled down by 8%
Recruiters are still jittery when it comes to boosting headcount.
Singapore's manufactured products price index sinks 9.1% in July
Supply price index still in the red despite slight improvement.
Why Oxley is pinning its hope for profit growth on overseas projects
60% of unbilled sales are from overseas market.
SGX’s dual-class shares proposal gets go signal from listing committee
The risky scheme will undergo corporate governance safeguards.
Super Group scores a not-so-super gain among biggest F&Bs in August 2016
Total returns sit at -5.3%.
SGX’s net profit unchanged at $349m
Group revenue inched up only 5% to $818.1m.
Insurance segment to drive Silverlake's growth, say analysts
Projected top line growth is at 20%.
Condo prices in central region jump by 0.7% in July
While prices in non-central didn’t fare too well.
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