Economy

Singapore's household financial assets per capita up 8.9% to $146,000 in 2017

It placed next to Japan's per capita financial assets of $147,000.

Singapore's household financial assets per capita up 8.9% to $146,000 in 2017

It placed next to Japan's per capita financial assets of $147,000.

Singapore is fifth most visited city in the world

Visitors stayed for 4.3 nights and spent an average of $391 per day.

Asian cities amongst most visited in the world: study

Bangkok topped the list with 20.05 million international tourists in 2017.

Singapore placed 13th in human capital investments: study

It has beaten both Japan and US that clinched the 14th and 27th spots, respectively.

Singapore's inflation in line with expectations at 0.7%

Thanks to the smaller decline in accommodation costs.

Singapore and Suzhou boost trade partnerships

They eye to bolster manufacturing, biomedicine, and nanotechnology applications.

Singapore hungry for more foreign tech talent

It needs more workers to lure investments and businesses.

Singapore leads Southeast Asia in social progress: study

But it still needs to work on personal rights and inclusiveness to advance in the global rankings.

Escalating trade tensions could hurt Singapore's exports

The rising domestic demand could bring in some relief.

Singapore and Russia to boost startups link

They have identified innovation hubs in both countries for firms that eye expansion.

Chart of the Day: See how NODX cooled down in top markets

US-bound NODX eased down growth by 4.4ppt to 29.3% in August.

Muted growth could threaten exports amidst dull electronics segment: analyst

It could look to increase production of the popular radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) chips.

NODX eases down growth to 5% in August

The growth in non-electronic NODX outweighed the declines in electronics.

Tech cycle effects add burden on NODX in August

Electronics could contract for the ninth consecutive month after a 3.8% drop in July.

MAS chief says Asian emerging markets doing better versus counterparts

They sustained growth amidst global trade woes that have hit markets like Argentina.