Singapore’s economy contracted by 12.6% in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to advance estimates by Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry released Tuesday. Analysts polled by…
SINGAPORE - Singapore has retained its top spot as the world's most competitive economy in the latest edition of the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking. The Republic held on to the top…
Private forecasters have become more pessimistic about Singapore's economic outlook, a quarterly survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) found. The economy will shrink by 11.8 per cent…
A $33 billion supplementary budget to fund Covid-19 support measures will be debated on Thursday (June 4), when Parliament sits. Several Cabinet ministers will speak on the proposed budget, which Deputy…
Singapore’s factory activity remained in negative territory for the fourth consecutive month in May amid the COVID-19 outbreak, although an uptick in the key gauge may suggest the “resilience” of…
SINGAPORE stocks opened higher on Monday, tracking Wall Street gains overnight. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.4 per cent or 9.31 points to 2,520.06 as at 9.07am. Gainers outnumbered…
A full reopening of Singapore’s economy could happen earlier than expected if there is not a spike in daily coronavirus infections after the city state begins a phased lifting of…
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - Shares of bourse operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) suffered their steepest daily fall in 17 years on Wednesday (May 27) after MSCI Inc announced it will move licensing…
Overall inflation turned negative in April for the first time since October 2016 on the back of a sharp drop in car prices, while core inflation sank deeper into the…
Singapore drastically downgraded its economic forecast for 2020 after its coronavirus-hit economy contracted in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Tuesday. The Singapore economy is now expected…