Economy
NODX rockets to 8.3% growth in April
Returning confidence in some major markets helped non-oil domestic exports recover after it shriveled 4.3% last month.
NODX rockets to 8.3% growth in April
Returning confidence in some major markets helped non-oil domestic exports recover after it shriveled 4.3% last month.
Official GDP forecast remains at cautious 1-3%
What kept the Singapore government from raising 2012 growth predictions even after the economy bounced back from a qoq contraction?
Japan's GDP growth at 4.1%
Good news for Japan as the growth figure surpassed even market expectations.
MTI maintains 1-3% GDP growth forecast for 2012
Considerable downsides for Singapore’s externally oriented industries are expected if a disorderly sovereign debt default in the Eurozone...
Singapore vulnerable to a Greek Eurozone withdrawal
The fallout will plunge the local stock market, drive up short-term interest rates and weaken anew an already battered manufacturing sector.
Q1 GDP could be revised upward: OCBC
It is increasingly likely to be revised up to 1.9% yoy but future quarter forecasts remain subdued at a 1-3% yoy range.
Upward revision of Singapore’s 1Q GDP seen
Standard Chartered Bank expects GDP growth to be changed a day before it is released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Will domestic demands in Japan compensate for weak exports?
Growth will most likely come in the range of 2-3%, according to analysts.
Should Singapore panic over its $4 billion pledge to IMF?
The Parliament was reassured that extending the credit to the International Monetary Fund poses far less default risk than imagined.
China central bank eases bank reserve requirements
It cut the RRR by 50 basis points and will free up RMB420 billion which will help spur economic growth, says CIMB.
Only a few months more of high inflation: Trade Minister
Singapore inflation has hovered at 5% but it will experience a steep drop in the next two quarters, says Minister Lim Hng Kiang.
Reflecting on 20 years of Singapore free trade agreements
In 1992, Singapore signed its first free trade agreement (FTA), the Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme with its ASEAN neighbors. Twenty...
China exports down 4.9% in April
The decrease is due to the continuing European crisis and slow shipment to the G3 market.
New risk governance guidance for listed boards
It was released to limit risk exposure and avert a repeat of the governance disaster last seen in the 2008 financial crisis.
70% of Singaporeans say businesses fall short in supporting social issues
Companies better start caring about social causes as 84% of Singaporeans say they would buy the company's products if they do so.
Singapore millionaires getting richer despite global recession
70% of those surveyed by Royal Skandia said their wealth had risen between 2008 and the end of 2011.
Is India vulnerable to an investment capital crash?
The risk is growing, warns Morgan Stanley, if India continues on its reckless spending path.
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