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Singapore's 2019 GDP growth forecast cut to 2.1%: MAS survey
The manufacturing as well as wholesale and retail trade sectors are tipped to contract 0.2% and 0.3% respectively.
Singapore's 2019 GDP growth forecast cut to 2.1%: MAS survey
The manufacturing as well as wholesale and retail trade sectors are tipped to contract 0.2% and 0.3% respectively.
Businesses still bearish for Q3 2019
The business optimism index fell from +10.58ppt to +6.91ppt over a year.
Singapore trails Hong Kong, Japan in ease of doing business
It ranks sixth in Asia as the burden of additional compliance requirements pull Singapore down.
Singapore beats Hong Kong as Asia's top treasury location
More multinationals still prefer the Lion City with 4,200 regional headquarters based in Singapore, the largest in APAC.
Residential unit sales up 0.1% in Q1 as luxury home transactions drive gains
Market launches in the core central region hit a five-year high at 363 units.
Food factories are eating up Singapore's industrial space
Over 630,000 sqft of food factory space came on-stream in 2019 YTD.
Dividend yields of companies linked to Asia's wealthiest family empires outpace benchmark STI
Their dividend yields hover between 7.1-7.7% compared to 4% for the STI.
LTA mulls rail link between north and northeast Singapore
The Land Transport Master Plan 2040 also unveils plans to extend the Downtown and Thomson-East Coast Lines.
How is Singapore bringing life back into dying industrial buildings?
habitat by honestbee which incorporates retail operations in an industrial setting is a key example.
How Singapore is bringing the legal industry into the digital age
Legaltech innovations are now moving beyond document generation solutions towards blockchain application.
Singapore's medical tourism ambitions falter as Malaysia steps up
Malaysia offers more competitive surgery costs with a heart bypass costing just US$14,000 compared to US$23,000 in Singapore.
MTI downgrades Singapore's 2019 GDP forecast to 1.5-2.5% amidst weakening outlook
Growth in the manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and storage sectors will likely be subdued.
Banks stand strong against bad loan wave in Q1
The formation of new bad loans in Q1 was the lowest in five years.
Singapore bank NIMs up 3bps in Q1
UOB was the only weak link as margins shrunk 5bps.
Developer sales fell 75.5% to 444 units in April
76.1% of the units sold for the month were previously launched in 2018.
Luxury home sales take off in Q1
New non-landed homes in CCR skyrocketed 82.4% to 186 units.
Singapore's billionaire population down 11.4% in 2018 amidst equities rout
High-net worth wealth also fell 8.8% to US$84b.
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