Singapore November manufacturing beats forecasts with 7.6% year-on-year growth
SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output grew 7.6 per cent year-on-year in November, beating economists' estimates of 4.2 per cent and outstripping October's 5.5 per cent figure, according to preliminary...
Singapore core inflation slips to 1.7% in November, below economists' estimates
SINGAPORE saw both core and headline inflation easing year-on-year in November, according to the Department of Statistics consumer price index (CPI) release on Monday. Core inflation, which strips...
As manufacturing slows, diverse factors may drive 2019 growth
AS CLOUDS of global uncertainty show no sign of lifting and Singapore's manufacturing industry - its erstwhile growth driver - continues to cool from a once red-hot pace, it may seem unclear where...
Productivity up, more jobseekers helped: public sector report
PRODUCTIVITY is up, more jobseekers are landing jobs, and businesses now enjoy more convenience, said the Ministry of Finance in the latest Singapore Public Sector Outcomes Review on Thursday.
Helping ASEAN ride the e-commerce wave
WITH its burgeoning middle class and a new generation of tech-savvy consumers, ASEAN is poised for an e-commerce boom. The regional e-commerce market is expected to balloon to US$88 billion by...
Singapore still second easiest place to do business: World Bank
SINGAPORE has retained its No 2 spot on the latest World Bank rankings for ease of doing business, coming after New Zealand for the third straight year.
Singapore firms show resurgent interest in Vietnam
SINGAPORE firms are looking towards Vietnam again, after an earlier wave of interest was disrupted by the global financial crisis and a domestic slowdown.
Asean key to Singapore's future amid US-China tensions, say economists
THE Asean market is crucial for Singapore's future growth, not least against the backdrop of United States-China trade tensions, said panellists at the 11th Singapore Economic Policy Forum on...
Singapore businesses welcome EUSFTA
SINGAPORE'S business community has welcomed Friday's signing of the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), with exporters of electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and processed...
Salim, Medco consortium to pump S$530m into Hyflux
A CONSORTIUM comprising two Indonesian firms - conglomerate Salim Group and energy giant Medco Group - has entered a binding agreement to invest S$530 million in troubled water treatment firm Hyflux...