Economists now expect easing of Singdollar slope in October
Singapore's central bank pulled back its full-year inflation outlook on Friday, as July figures fell below expectations to a three-year low.
Back to school: Is the Singapore global schoolhouse back in business?
SWISS university Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne's planned Singapore campus was given EduTrust certification - valid for four years - in June. At first blush, the institution is just one more of the...
July price increase the slowest in 3 years; MAS tweaks core inflation outlook
SINGAPORE inflation cooled below expectations in July, prompting the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to ease its full-year outlook slightly, according to data released on Friday.
Flying into headwinds, firms find silver linings in the trade war
HOMEGROWN furniture company Koda freed up capacity at its factory in Vietnam to serve new customers, and is looking to start manufacturing in Indonesia or another neighbouring country in the next...
Singapore to benefit from rise in long-term demand for chips: DPM Heng
lDESPITE official forecasters' expectations of a full-year manufacturing decline here, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat affirmed on Wednesday that the ailing semiconductor industry - which...
Singapore ups the ante in chips industry's future
SINGAPORE will still be a hotspot for the semiconductor industry, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has said - in spite of a chipmaking decline that saw the economy grind to a halt in the...
Growth downgrades, heightened risks and the stimulus question
AS Singapore further slashed its official growth forecast on Tuesday, the question of economic stimulus moves loomed large.
MAS rules out off-cycle policy meeting despite GDP outlook downgrade
SINGAPORE’S central bank will not move outside its usual schedule to change its monetary policy, chief economist Edward Robinson confirmed in a briefing early on Tuesday.
Singapore cuts economic growth forecast to 0-1% for 2019
SINGAPORE has cut its official growth forecast for the second quarter running, on a flat economic performance in the first half of the year.
Singapore factory outlook still negative in July, despite slight uptick
SINGAPORE manufacturing sentiment remained in contraction territory in July, although the indicator inched up from the month before, according to a key industry poll released on Friday.